Please help keep Pilgrim sailing!
Help keep our 130 year old heritage vessel sailing!
It costs us £150,000 a year for our volunteers of the Pilgrim Heritage Sailing Foundation to keep Pilgrim operational and preserved.
Pilgrim is the oldest surviving Victorian fishing trawler that was built and rigged in Brixham. Since her restoration Pilgrim has sailed hard for twelve years, taking thousands of guests along the Devon and Cornwall coasts and further afield to the Solent, the Isles of Scilly, France and the Channel Islands. We and our guests have loved seeing her at sea bringing appreciation of the craftsmanship and old ways of sailing.
We need your help to keep Pilgrim sailing and preserved in the heart of Brixham for future generations to enjoy.
Donate for our new sails
Pilgrim is desperate for a new suite of sails and there are other essential maintenance projects we need to undertake. Please donate to help us get new sails and keep her operational. It will cost us £50,000 to replace just the sails and we need your help to raise the money.
About Pilgrim
HISTORIC BOAT
Pilgrim was built at Upham’s yard in Brixham in 1895, next to where she’s currently moored. She’s the oldest surviving sailing trawler that was built and rigged in the port. She later moved on to the East coast and Scandinavia before returning to Brixham in 1999 prior to a full restoration. Her red sails are icons for the port and in the season she’s under sail most days, helping bring historic sailing to new generations.
HISTORIC TOWN
When Pilgrim was built Brixham and Torbay were home to a fleet of over 300 large fishing trawlers working the English Channel and farther afield. In the 1840s Brixham was the largest fishing port in Devon, with as many as 1,600 trawlermen working out of the port. The seafaring past is alive in Brixham with Pilgrim being joined every year for the Brixham Heritage Regatta and events like the annual Pirate Festival bringing visitors from around the world.
THE CHARITY
The Pilgrim Heritage Sailing Foundation was formed in 2017 as a registered charity to take on the conservation, operation, maintenance and protection of the heritage sailing trawler Pilgrim of Brixham BM45. We rely on donations and sponsorship for the upkeep a 130-year-old lady requires, and volunteers are key to the routine maintenance and management of Pilgrim. Proceeds from sailing adventures and charter only cover operating expense for the sailing and charters.
Help keep Pilgrim maintained and operating
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DONATIONS
We are a small charity and we need every penny to keep Pilgrim sailing
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Latest News / Events
Pilgrim of Brixham Adventure Sailing is provided by the Pilgrim Heritage Sailing Foundation which is a registered charity and operates from the historic Brixham Harbour in Devon, UK. We sail Pilgrim along the Devon and Cornwall coast, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands and to France from Easter to October each year. Our base in Brixham is in the South Devon National Landscape and in the UNESCO English Riviera Global Geopark