Sail and Life Training Society
Coordinates: 48°25′46″N 123°22′23″W / 48.42939°N 123.37307°W
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| Founded | 1974 |
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| Headquarters | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Key people |
Loren Hagerty Executive Director David Eggert Operations Manager |
| Area served | Canada and USA |
| Focus | Sail Training |
| Motto | Training, by the sea, for life |
| Website | SALTS.ca |
S.A.L.T.S. Sail and Life Training Society, founded in 1974, is a non-profit Christian organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, which provides sail training for 2000 young people per year. [1] [2]
Contents
Programs
In summer, trips of 9 or 10 days are made in waters surrounding Vancouver Island. In spring and autumn, shorter trips are made with school or church groups. Every few years, an offshore voyage divided into legs of 2 to 3 months is offered.
Trainees are taught navigation, rules of the road, and ropework. They are divided into watches and participate in sail handling, dory handling, steering, bosun's chores, cooking and watch-keeping.
Ships
S.A.L.T.S. owns, maintains and operates two tall ships, Pacific Swift and Pacific Grace. Both were built by the Society, which maintains a shipyard at the former Coast Guard base on Victoria's Upper Harbour. To help fund its programs, the society also repairs and sells donated sailing yachts and motor craft. Donated boats are surveyed and their donors are issued a receipt for income tax purposes for the value set by the surveyor.
Pacific Swift
For the complete article, see Pacific Swift (ship)
The hull of Pacific Swift was built as a working exhibit at Expo 86 in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is based on the brigantine Swift of 1778. The society had built another brigantine, Spirit of Chemainus, in 1985. Pacific Swift has made four off-shore voyages, which have included visits to Expo 88 in Australia and Expo 92 in Seville, to the West Indies and to the remote communities of Easter Island and Pitcairn Island.
| Characteristics [3] | |
|---|---|
| Sparred Length | 111' |
| Overall Length | 81' |
| Beam | 20' 6" |
| Draught | 10' 6" |
| Displacement | 98 Tonnes |
| Rig | Topsail Schooner |
| Accommodation | 37 Berths |
| Coastal Complement | 5 Crew, 30 Trainees |
| Offshore Complement | 6 Crew, 21 Trainees |
Pacific Grace
Pacific Grace was built at the S.A.L.T.S. Heritage Shipyard in Victoria, launched in October 1999 and commissioned in May 2001. She is based on the Grand Banks fishing schooner Robertson II, which the society operated from 1974 to 1995. After two seasons of coastal sailing, she departed in September 2003 on her first offshore voyage: down the coast to Costa Rica, west to Galapagos and Pitcairn, and back through the Marquesas and the Hawaiian Islands. From June 2007 to June 2008, she made a longer voyage, to the South Pacific, calling at: Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Okinawa, Shanghai, Osaka, Hawaii.
| Characteristics [4] | |
|---|---|
| Sparred Length | 138' 7" |
| Overall Length | 115' |
| Beam | 22' |
| Draught | 11' 6" |
| Displacement | 175 Tonnes |
| Rig | Gaff Schooner |
| Accommodation | 38 Berths |
| Coastal Complement | 5 Crew, 31 Trainees |
| Offshore Complement | 6 Crew, 24 Trainees |
Crew
| Office and Shipyard Staff [5] | |
|---|---|
| Loren Hagerty | Executive Director |
| Andrew Buhr | Comptroller |
| David Eggert | Operations Manager |
| Deborah Morris | Booking Manager |
| Susie Dancer | Booking Assistant |
| Patrick Sharman | Shipyard Manager |
| Ship's Crew | |
| Tony Anderson | Master |
| John Andrachuk | Master |
| Sarah Brizan | Mate |
| Matt Lemay | Mate |
| Nicole Ames | 2nd Mate |
| Sam Vaale | 2nd Mate |
| Steve Barbour | Bosun |
| Tristan Hedley | Bosun |
| Eryn Derksen | Cook |
| Amanda Kraay | Cook |
Gallery
- Pacific Swift 2.JPG
Pacific Swift from Portland Island
- Pacific Swift 3.JPG
Figurehead of Pacific Swift (Margaret)
- Pacific Swift 4.JPG
Sunset from Coles Bay (Pacific Swift)
- Pacific Swift 5.JPG
Reflection of Pacific Swift figurehead in water
- Pacific Swift 6.JPG
Trainees taking sailing test aboard Pacific Swift
- Pacific Swift 7.JPG
Bowsprit of Pacific Swift arriving in Victoria inner harbour
- Pacific Swift 8.JPG
Life ring of Pacific Swift
- Pacific Swift 9.JPG
Dories of the Pacific Swift
- Pacific Swift 10.JPG
Nameplate
- Pacific Swift 11.JPG
Pacific Swift
- Pacific Swift 12.JPG
Two jibs in full sail (Pacific Swift)
- Pacific Swift 13.jpg
The Pacific Swift under sail
- SALTSGraceSnow.jpg
Snow-covered Pacific Grace
- SALTSGRACESWIFT.JPG
Pacific Swift nearing anchored Pacific Grace
- SALTSGraceDory.JPG
Dory of the Pacific Grace
- SALTSGraceShroudsBow.JPG
Looking down to the bow of the Pacific Grace
- SALTSGraceBowsprit.JPG
View from the bowsprit of the Pacific Grace
- SALTSGraceBow.JPG
Nameplate of the Pacific Grace
References
- ↑ S.A.L.T.S. official site
- ↑ "S.A.L.T.S. Sail and Life Training Society". Canada Revenue Agency. http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/sec/SrchInput03Render-e?bn=119133619RR0001. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ↑ From SALTS official site: Swift info
- ↑ SALTS official site: Grace info
- ↑ SALTS crew list
