Sad news from the Little Brig Trust, which operates two very small tall-ships. The Gosport based charity has announced that after a review of operations, that it did not have the capacity to continue into 2019, and so are putting their two “little brigs” up for sale.
As we posted in 2010, the two 9 meter brigs, the Bob Allen and the Caroline Allen, were designed to introduce sailors as young as ten to the fun and challenges of sailing a square-rigged “tall ship.” The small tall-ships cost less to build, operate and crew than larger vessels. They are also incredibly cute. The small tall-ships were designed by British naval architect Colin Mudie.
The statement by the Trust went on to say: We are placing the Little Brigs for sale as one lot and welcome offers based on the fact they have life-rafts, life-jackets and a multitude of other items (including two working engines) we have sent a minimum reserve.
If you would like to purchase please send a bid to info@littlebrig.org and we will contact you to discuss.
Perhaps the TSYT who sold Stavros for peanuts and are now seeking a smaller tall ship would be interested after all last time they bought two brigs although much bigger. They are fundraising again looking for £5 million of which they are only looking at spending £2 million on ships. Tongue in cheek so to speak
Ah, Chris Roche, you beat me to it! When I saw this Old Salt Blog, the first thing that came to my mind is that those Little Brigs are just what is needed to make the Tall Ships Youth Trust tall again and to deserve keeping the plural “s” in Tall Ships. They would not even need to raise funds if they just sold off their Bermudan-rigged aluminium-can yots and their catamaran. They could even rename the Little Brigs “Stavros S. Niarchos” and “Prince William”…