Learning for life through the sea
The R. Tucker Thompson is a tall ship based in the Bay of Islands, operated as a not-for-profit, we take Northland’s young people on life-changing 7-day voyages. Over summer, we operate daily sailing trips, profits from our tourism activities are used to fund our youth development voyages.
Nau mai, haere mai, welcome on board!
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.
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.
While a small group went out for an early morning fish, the rest of us woke up at 7am for morning swim under the sunrise. Feeling refreshed, we cracked into our morning tasks, making the ship look sparkly clean again, prepping the …
What an amazing sail! Today our main challenge was taking advantage or the westerly winds. For this we set a very simple goal of sailing to Whangamumu from our anchorage at Oke Bay. We got going motoring out setting sail …
Our first full day together! We woke up this morning for our first morning swim, it was a beautiful morning with the sun shining and everybody got in really quickly. After this we learned our morning routine of cleaning before …
