Learning for life through the sea
The R. Tucker Thompson is a working tall ship based in the Bay of Islands. We operate as a non-profit, providing Northland’s young people life-changing 7-day voyages. Over summer, we offer daily sailing trips to visitors to the Bay. All profits from our tourism activities help fund our youth development voyages.
Nau mai, haere mai, welcome on board!
Support the youth of Northland by sailing with us this summer. Experience a day on the water on the R. Tucker Thompson, a traditional gaff-rigged schooner with her own unique history. Choose to make it an active adventure, help hoist the sails, climb the rigging or just relax with a cold drink.
Looking for something different to do for you and your group this summer? Why not charter an entire tall ship? We charter the ship out privately for groups and schools.
We run 7-day Youth Development Voyages for the young people (aged 14-18) of Taitokerau Northland. These are life changing experiences, designed to build confidence, create teamwork and develop leadership.
Ahoy! We all arrived in Opua excited and ready to head off on our adventure. We said goodbye to our family and off we sailed. While making way we learnt each other’s names, had Mac n cheese for lunch, and …
Wakey wakey! Time for your morning swim! It was togs on, ready for our fresh morning dip. It was a pleasant one, calm and no wind. Our morning routine happened as normal, cleaning, breakfast and readying our sail stations. Our …
7am and we all got into the refreshing water, afterwards we soaked in all the warm water before getting changed and starting the day, doing our part in looking after the ship and in return the crew cooked an amazing …
