Embrace the Journey
Adventure Sailing on Grayhound, a replica 1776 ship
Cargo worldwide
Choose an Authentic Adventure
Challenge yourself and learn new skills. Begin an adventure on our replica, 18th-century tall ship.
Find out about voyages.
Adventure Voyages on Grayhound
From one day to one month
- Try us out on a one-day trip in Sweden, the UK or France
- Spend a few days on a round trip exploring the Gothenburg Archipelago, the Scilly Isles or Brittany
- Take part in a week-long race against another classic sailing ship
- Join us for a cargo delivery and contribute to sustainable trade
Check the ‘challenge’ ratings (the little anchors). Some of our voyages are more demanding than others!
Find out about voyages.
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.
Do you dream of a private expedition? We will take you to the ends of the earth… there is no limit to where Grayhound sails.
UPCOMING AVAILABILITY
Smugglers’ Run II
Departure: May 7, 2023, from Falmouth, United Kingdom
Return: May 9, 2023, to Douarnenez, France
Join this thrilling channel crossing, delivering cargo to France in the most ecological way possible. All hands on deck!
The Vision
Environmentally friendly adventures and cargo delivery on a classic tall ship
Care for the Environment
We believe in a sustainable world in which we learn from the past, live well in the present, and care for the future.
Grayhound enables this and inspires a new way of carrying passengers and cargo.
We only start the engine when absolutely necessary, and we carbon compensate through Atmosfair.
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 looking for 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.
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Come and sail with us! 🐬
Book you’re a summer sailing adventure on Grayhound Ventures!
Contribute to a sustainable shipping network by deliver cargo with us from France to the UK in the most ecological way possible.
⛵️ Smugglers’ Run III: Saint-Nazaire to Penzance 7-9 June
Or explore the breathtaking Isles of Scilly.
Sail between islands, or in and out of coastal bays. Sailing close to land is a fantastic way to learn how to control a traditional tall ship. It’s hands-on and demanding to navigate through the Scilly Isles
⛵️ Isles of Scilly Adventure I 24-29 June
⛵️ Isles of Scilly Adventure II 2-8 July
Maybe a trip up the Irish Sea to the Scottish town of Troon?
⛵️ Irish Sea Adventure I 11-20 July
More info and sailing trips:
bookings.grayhoundventures.com/bookings/list
All hands on deck! 😍
/The Grayhound Crew
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Nicole!
Grayhound is one of the few sailing ships with its own museum, and during festivals and special occasions it’s sometimes open to the public. The collection of strange objects from the seven seas has travelled countless nautical miles, and amazed and horrified audiences in several countries.
For this year’s addition of our exhibition ✨MYSTERIES OF THE SEVEN SEAS✨ we will include an object with dubious provenance but surrounded by exciting and interesting myths.
There are few attributes more iconic than an iron hook that has replaced a severed hand of a pirate.
According to one legend the prosthetic hook used to belong to the famous Pirate Captain Olivier Levasseur who was hanged in Saint-Denis on 7 July 1730. But slightly more reliable sources claim that the hook used to belong to Levasseur’s famous one-handed boatswain James or Joseph Du Maurier.
In May 1726 Levasseur’s ship was anchored outside the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in the Bay of Bengal.
James Du Maurier was leading a small party into the Sundarban swamp in search for fresh water when their longboat was overturned by an enormous crocodile*. In the following battle, Du Maurier lost his left hand once again, this time together with most of his shipmates and the rest of his arm.
Furious by the loss of his arm, and a perfectly good hook, Du Maurier went hunting for the crocodile, and found the almost 50 ft (15 m) monster, resting in a partly submerged temple ruin deep in the swamp. Du Maurier managed to retrieve his arm, but died from his injuries soon after.
The hook was put on display in a tavern in Toamasina on the Island of Madagascar where it became a revered relic from the Golden Age of Piracy.
The hook disappeared when the Tavern was turned into a Mission in 1861, but was later found in a antiques shop in Gibraltar 2019.
According to Sir Hugh Clifford, the lost arm of James Du Maurier, or Captain Levasseur, was the inspiration for Sir James Barrie´s character Captain Hook in Barrie´s 1904 play Peter Pan.
Regardless the exact provenance, the hook is now a part of the Dr Cagliostro collection, and a good reason to tell a story about pirates, ruined temples and 50 ft crocodiles.
*The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) native to the Sundarban delta, is the largest living reptile on Earth.
/Oskar Hejll , shipowner, playwright and a published writer. On his travels with Grayhound he gathers forgotten myths, magical artifacts and new stories about strange sea creatures.
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A seaman meets a pirate in a port, and talk turns to their adventures on the sea. The seaman notes that the pirate has a peg leg, a hook, and an eye patch. The seaman asks, "So, how did you end up with the peg leg?" The pirate replies, "Aye, matey, we was in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as me men were pulling me out, a shark bit me leg off." "Wow!" said the seaman. "What about your hook?" "Well," replied the pirate, "We were boarding an enemy ship and were battling the other sailors with swords. One of the enemy cut my hand off." "Incredible!" remarked the seaman. "How did you get the eye patch?" "A sea-gull dropping fell into me eye," replied the pirate. "You lost your eye to a sea-gull dropping?" the sailor asked incredulously. "Not exactly," said the pirate. "It was me first day with the hook."
If you want to see saltwater Crocodiles come to Australia.
No matter what your goal with sailing is, we will support and cheer you on all the way on the journey. 🥰🥳
So, join us for an epic adventure and let the inspiration flow.
No sailing experience is required, we teach you as we sail.
Book a voyage at:
grayhoundventures.com/about-voyages/
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The Grayhound Crew
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Oh yes support and cheer me 😊😉😄. See you soon.
Woop woop, salutes and confetti! 🥳 🤩
It’s time to announce the winner of the competition.
And the lucky winner is…✨ Natalia Boltukhova! ✨
We’re looking forward having you and a friend onboard. 🥰
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Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I’m beyond excited and so very grateful! Can’t wait.
nooooo way seriously!???? aaaaah this is so cool ! looking forward!
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I’d love to sail on grayhound as I’ve seen her around, and think she is so beautiful. I’d love the opportunity.
I put my feet for the first time on Grayhound three days ago and my dream begin… Captain, my Captain I am ready:)
I heard the crew is the greatest and the food amazing, and I’d like to check if she’s really fastest than La Cancalaise 😀 You’d join Ast Reed Mlt, aight ?
For the adventure of it, the therapeutic virtue of the sea, I love to sail!
I would love to win and take one of my three grandchildren. I bought tree nails with their names on them when Grayhound was being built.
Oh wow ! I love to do that !
Why would I love to sail on Grayhound? Loved the boat since it first drifted past me coming out of the fog under full sails in Brixham Harbour 😍 Once in a lifetime trip 😍
I would love to join a Greyhound voyage to learn more about traditional sailing vessels and the sail cargo industry, as I’m currently doing a yacht design/naval architecture degree and am determined to use that knowledge to help develop the sail cargo industry after graduation. Though as you can imagine, being a student, there’s not a huge amount of spare cash for joining voyages like this…!
Would love to sail with Grayhound and her crew: the souls, the vision, the drive! Hi Giulia! 😉
Where do I put the comment? Here? I will do so. I want to win because I think sailing would be a great experience that I can’t otherwise afford or have the possibility to try!
Because i want to learn more about traditional sailing on a tallship , and hopefully bring my pirate friend from his river boat to the sea! Frankie Kush 🤞🏴☠️❤️
Also I would go on this trip with my sea hunk Martin Ekholm
Följt er sen början och behöver lite äventyr, lite på samma vis som Grayhound behöver mig. Skulle jag vinna tar jag med mig en äkta samoansk prins med allt vad det innebär.
Lottie Caunter Rowan Caunter
Huzzarrrr! Because I would obviously be the saltiest matey 🏴☠️
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Yeay, iiih, woohoo and all the sounds you do when you feel spring in your body and get freshly baked bread in the morning. 🤤😍🍞
The summer lurks around the corner. Hurry up and book an adventure with Grayhound. It will be fun, adventures and just so wonderful you can imagine.
So, have a look at our summer sailing trips on our website. bookings.grayhoundventures.com/bookings/list
We’re looking forward to having you onboard. ⛵
Love,
The Grayhound Crew ❤️
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Everybody knows that Mondays are for planning the next sailing adventure. 😁
Come sail with us, for a few days or an entire month – it’s up to you. No sailing experience required. We teach you as we sail.
So, wake up your slumbering sailor and book a voyage at:
grayhoundventures.com/about-voyages/
Just smile and wave. We hope to see you onboard soon.
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Wow, man blir ju jäkligt sugen!
This is Filémon! 🥰
He’s one of our captains on the ship. He’s a Grayhound veteran and has a lot of love for the ocean and the ship. Born by the sea, and now highly qualified with all the necessary diplomas, he fills the ship with laughter and expertise.
Here’s some words about Filémon from one of our latest guests onboard Grayhound:
”We sailed between two outcroppings on the second day and the professional crew members were as thrilled as I was to go through that passage by sail. It’s entirely due to his skills. It’s so clear how well he knows what he’s doing. But even more impressive to me were his human qualities. I wish that more people in positions of leadership understood their roles the way he approaches his role as captain. I could see that the professional crew members respect and trust him so much. I suppose it’s because he treats others with respect and sensitivity. I just think it’s unusual because with the responsibility of being in charge so many people default to an attitude that isolates them with their power.” /Caroline
Aaaaaaw, that’s such nice words from you Caroline and we’re so proud of him. ❤️
/The Grayhound
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