Embrace the Journey
Adventure Sailing on Grayhound, 1776 ship design
Sail Cargo worldwide
We need your help!
Want to help out a great project? Grayhound is in need of a new mast and while we can do the work, we need help to finance a tree trunk of 16.5m that we will use.
Become part of Grayhound‘s new foremast
Sailing Grayhound is a labour of love, not of money. Replacing the foremast is a one time cost that will keep our beautiful ship sailing for years to come. We are launching a crowdfunding campaign to help with the cost of buying a new foremast and for you, our Grayhound family, to be part of the ship!
Authentic Adventure
Welcome! Want to challenge yourself and learn new skills? Come and sail on our replica 18th century tall ship.
Find out about voyages.
Adventure Voyages on Grayhound
One-day trips in the UK & France
Voyages, e.g., Brittany, Scottish islands, cross-channel, transatlantic, Caribbean
Cargo deliveries – join us and contribute to sustainable trade
Check the challenge ratings (little anchors) because some voyages are more demanding! Read about voyages and challenge levels
Private Hire
Are you a private individual or small group wanting to hire Grayhound? Let us host your wedding or significant birthday, or scatter your loved one’s ashes at sea.
Dreaming of a private expedition? We will take you to the ends of the earth. There is no limit to where Grayhound sails.
UPCOMING highlight
Brittany Discovery Sail .
Departure: 5 April 2025 from Douarnenez, FR
Return: 8 April 2025 to Douarnenez, FR
Join traditional lugger Grayhound as she takes you around on an exciting sailing discovery of Brittany’s coastline.
The Vision
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I am in love with this boat and definitely planning to join them again! I would recommend this team without any doubts! Good luck, Grayhound! And thank you very much for the great fun!
Dmitriy Ponkratov, September 2022
Do you want to ship cargo with us?
Are you a business seeking a unique venue for client entertainment or team-building exercises?
Are you a TV or film production company needing a fully operational, replica 18th-century ship?
For all these corporate enquiries please visit our partners, Grayhound Shipping.
& family around this ship are big, and together these 6500 Euros can be raised easily 😌💪 🦉 Over the crowdfunding platform Ulule.com you can contribute whatever you want and can afford. From T-shirts to day trips to whole voyages, we have set up an entire collection of so-called ‘rewards’ for you to choose from! GO CHECK IT OUT - link is in our bio !!
Let’s keep this beautiful project alive, to keep sailing 
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Ahoy Mateys − We are asking you, our GRAYHOUND Family, for help! 💪📢
13 years now, our foremast has carried forelug, topsail and topgallant − until now:
When wrapping up the season in October, we discovered rot in the upper part. It was clear that the mast needs either repairing or replacing. 🪵🪓
Not only is this a ton of work for our great volunteer carpenters, but also a big and unforeseen one-time-cost. Traditional sailing vessels are already not the most lucrative ventures, and GRAYHOUND is no exception. We are sure you can imagine that a tree trunk of 16,5 metres and a 65cm diameter isn’t necessarily cheap, and at the moment we cannot finance it on our own.
That’s where you come into play…
Become a part of GRAYHOUND’s NEW FOREMAST to set sail again next year! The friend’s & family around this ship are big, and together these 6500 Euros can be raised easily 😌💪
🦉 Over the crowdfunding platform Ulule.com you can contribute whatever you want and can afford. From T-shirts to day trips to whole voyages, we have set up an entire collection of so-called ‘rewards’ for you to choose from!
GO CHECK IT OUT – link is in our bio !!
Let’s keep this beautiful project alive, to keep sailing & inspiring! ❤️🎉
With love
Your GRAYHOUND crew. … See MoreSee Less
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You're doing a fantastic work with replacing the mast in time. Safety first 🙏
Glad to make a contribution. Done, but maybe make the specific link easier to find. www.ulule.com/un-nouveau-mat-pour-le-grayhound/?fbclid=IwVERDUAOEjhhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9p… Wishing you all plenty of support with this, such a great inspirational venture! 👏👏👏
Je suis partante. Nouvelle venue je souhaite vous proposer mon aide. Bravo pour le travail et à bientôt en balade aux Scilly.
Soooo… What is that dark, brown, sometimes sticky stuff that everything on our sailing boat is covered in, you might ask? 🧐 That’s tar! We love tar, and GRAYHOUND loves tar too!
And here is why… Tar is:
🪵anti fungus, so no rot,
☀ it protects from UV damage,
🧂 and salt water (because it is water repellant),
⛓️ it prevents rust on iron & steel,
🪢 and preserves & stiffens the lines.
And what’s even cooler is that tar is actually a natural product. We even make it ourselves 😌🌳 A very smelly, low-oxygen heating process that will make your neighbours hate you and give you the most beautiful, rich, black-brown substance to keep your boat shiny, sticky and happy!
Just one tip: Don’t come on board in a white shirt 😅 − But apart from that, we bet you will love tar too, especially the very specific smell 🤎 … See MoreSee Less
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Great product, used it on Lola for 30+years, actually⅓ tar,⅓ linseed oil,⅓ turp and cobalt paint siccative. And inside the boat with a car spray gun to go in any weird place. Just be careful, though it is not coal or oil based, it is still tar. And if it is bad for fungus, it is also bad for health (long run cancer), make sure you wear gloves, and when it is sprayed inside, that no one sleeps in the boat for at least a week. Take care and enjoy tar!
J'adore cette odeur, elle me rappelle mes années dans la marine marchande. Il m'arrive de l'utiliser dans mes œuvres, peintures et sculptures.
wood tar from Fyra Vindar
Will you – yes, you – be sailing with us on GRAYHOUND next year? 👀
While slowly wrapping up the season, we are already preparing the schedule for the next summer…
It is not completely finished and not all of GRAYHOUND’s voyages are decided yet, but if you check our website in the coming weeks, you will soon find out what the next year will be all about! 🌊☀
Be it sailing in the Mediterranean, travelling to a Festival or discovering the beautiful coasts of Brittany − we are already excited for many beautiful hours & days on the water with you!
‼ So don’t miss our new schedule once it’s out – you’ll find it on grayhoundventures.com/voyage-list/
#grayhoundventures #tallshipsailing #grandvoilier #regionbretagne #douarneneztourisme … See MoreSee Less
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I would love to sail with you! 😀
The conditions for this crossing really couldn’t have been any better:
From Fowey 🇬🇧 to A Coruña 🇪🇸, the GRAYHOUND made her 535 miles across Biscay in just 4 days!
Following winds, calm seas, lots of sun and stars and dolphins of course… A true gift for us at the end of this season 🙏
🌊 Now, 5 days later, we prepare ourselves and the ship to sail back to Brittany… Let’s see how the crossing will go – you will hear from us once back in France! … See MoreSee Less
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Wow – well done Grayhound
Some beautiful photos! Well done, Grayhound. Fair winds back home xx
Resumé d’un voyage découverte Bretagne de trois jours en dessins – merci Jean Yves pour ces croquis merveilleux ! 🙏 … See MoreSee Less
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👍🏽😊
We are back in Douarnenez – and with that, our festival season is officially over! 🎊⚓️
From the @semainedugolfedumorbihan in July to @festivaldepaimpol and @sailamsterdam.official shortly followed by Escale Calais – Grayhound‘s crew and guests had lots of fun sailing 🌊, parading 🏴☠️, selling our own cargo 🍷, shooting cannons at our friends from @phoenixtallship 💥, and of course, celebrating 🥳
What a great summer we had! THANK YOU to all our wonderful crew, the adventurous guests we had, and the organizers behind those great events!
And now?
👉 At the moment we are taking a little break in our homeport Douarnenez to prepare for the last two trips of the season. Soon we will be setting sail to the Isles of Scilly and then to Spain! 🌬️ … See MoreSee Less
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Hopefully I’ll have more luck sailing with you next year! xx
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Ahoy!! Recently set sail for @sailamsterdam.official, looting some shots! The crew parade took us around the city, ending with free tattoos courtesy of @henkschiffmacher @tattoomuseum !! Young buccaneers even took charge of our cannons, showing off their quartermaster skills! Now setting sail for festival in Calais join us there!!
📸 @matt_baratella
#sail #amsterdam #festival #tattoos #cannons #crew #parade #grayhound … See MoreSee Less
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We followed you guys in the parade and can I just say your energy was amazing ❤️ happy sailing x
When sailing on Grayhound or any other ship really, you would take turns, or watches to keep the course, help cleaning, pull ropes, be on lookout for any dangers in the dark night waters or adjust the sails if the wind shifts.
But who is on watch “all the time”? Well, the captain is always ready to jump into action — but not only! Also the ship’s cook is generally considered to be one of the most important on board together with the captain! Because they have the task to keep the crew happy basically.
A chef on board would be a day worker, but let’s say it simply: they work all day long! From the moment they wake up to night time they are rolling in the galley with pots, cups and pans.
So here are some of our previous recent chefs! Each of them bringing their unique touch to the cuisine on board, which for us on board is vegetarian 🥕🍲 While, of course, we also collect whatever the ocean offers us as well. 🐚🌿
So thank you Grayhound chefs for taking care of us and keeping us happy while on our long adventures!!
📸 @matt_baratella and others
#grayhound #sailinglife #crewlife #vegetarianfood #lifeatsea #tallship #shipchef #gratitude #adventurefood #oceankitchen … See MoreSee Less
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Food is more important for mood than weather!
I can declare Isabel's cooking is amazing. Gracias. Xx
Ahoy!
Aboard Grayhound you might meet some actual pirates, cannons shooting and reenactments.
We were sailing from one festival to the next — Pasaia to Gloucester — and that’s where I got to know Wille, Tord, and Oskar. During festivals they dress as pirates and run skits, sword fights, cannon firing, even naval battles.
Tord told me his story one evening, leaning on the ropes. He was the ship’s first cook, back when Grayhound was just refitting in its home port Douarnenez before going to Malta.
And of course he also cooked on the maiden voyage to Malta. Now – not to cook anymore, but as Powder Monkey Caligari! It’s not just a role for him; there’s history behind it. Something lived.
Sailing, storytelling, reality and play. I didn’t expect it. And now it’s one of the things I’ll remember most from Grayhound!
📸 @matt_baratella
#grayhoundventures #pirateslife #tordthepirate #festivalfun #piratecrew #swordjuggling #cannonfire #festivaladventures #piratelifeforme #ahoy … See MoreSee Less
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❤️🏴☠️⚓ Grayhound is the best home anyone can have!