Photo on Fair Jeanne of inner, outer and flying jib as seen from above.

Welcome to the World of Tall Ship Adventure!

Bytown Brigantine Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization, dedicated to building character through the adventure of tall ship sail training.

Bytown Brigantine can become a year-round passion. In addition to our popular summer youth programs, we offer “weekend-away” training sessions throughout the winter as well as lots of opportunities to volunteer as crew for special events. There are even opportunities to sail in the exciting waters of the Caribbean. For young people with demonstrated needs, a bursary fund is available to cover the modest program fees.

Our trainees, young and old, come away from trips with broad smiles, newfound friends and vows to return. In fact, many return each year for different voyages that build on their new nautical skills and to rekindle the passion they find for life on a traditional sailing ship.

Bytown Brigantine strives to provide the highest standard of adventure, education and traditional seamanship training in a safe environment. Built as replicas of traditional 18th century brigantines, they are modern in every respect, built of strong materials and carrying the latest in electronic navigation and emergency equipment.

Our modest prices reflect our non-profit status and are intended to recover the costs of sustaining these unique ships for the young people of Canada.

News

An opportunity has arisen for Jason McNaught, the Captain of Black Jack and program director of Bytown Brigantine, that involves him taking a sabbatical from BBI until the New Year.

The West Island College's Class Afloat program has chartered the vessel Sorlandet in Europe to resume their program this September. Jason will take the position of "program director" to liaise between the organization and the ship while overseeing the delivery of the onboard program. This will provide invaluable experience for Jason to build upon.

Jason will be heading out on August 26th. This will not affect any of Black Jack's programs. Mary Acton-Bond in her continuing role as Executive Director will be overseeing the crewing of the Black Jack to facilitate the ship's programs beyond August 26th.

We would like to wish Jason well and emphasize that the new experiences that he will gain will be of great benefit going forward.

The blog has a new URL

Point your browser to bbi-scuttlebutt.blogspot.com and update your bookmarks.

Adult Voyage

An Adult Voyage, for people 19 years and older, running August 30 to Sept 4, has been posted on the Registration Page

Registration

The 2010 dates and fees page has been combined with the Online Registration for Summer Camps or Voyages page.

Standing Orders Updated

The Standing Orders have been updated with a few minor changes as of February 2010.

No one is lonlier than a sailing ship captain
—Alan Villiers

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BYTOWN BRIGANTINE INC.
2700 Queensview Drive, Ottawa, ON K2B 8H6 CANADA
phone: (613) 596-6258
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Copyright © 2008 Bytown Brigantine Inc. a non-profit charitable foundation (Charitable Registration #118822253 RR0001) dedicated to providing adventure, education, and training in a demanding and rewarding environment.