Happy Holidays!
Wishing you Health and Happiness this Holiday Season, and prosperity in the New Year from all of us at Lake Superior Tall Ships.We are thankful for all of you who believe in our vision and contribute so we can continue to take kids sailing on Lake Superior in 2020 and beyond.
Another busy year for the Abbey Road!
Despite the crummy weather this spring, the Abbey Road was out on the water for 87 days in 2019 with 723 guests; and sailed 1895 nautical miles on trips from Bayfield to the Apostle Islands, Grand Marais, MN and Duluth, MN.
Most of the trips were 3 to 4-hour half day or evening sails, and many of the guests (especially the Sea Scouts) were repeat sailors. Of the trips:
23 days were with the area Sea Scouts
11 days were trips with other area youth and school groups: 4H members, Boy Scouts, Ashland PACE, Washburn Ecology Club, and a group of kids from China
8 days were trips with students from Northland College
2 days were with members from Chequamegon Bay community. We did not offer the Wednesday night community sails in 2019 as we did not receive a grant to do so like we have in years past
10 days were Port Visits to the North House Folk School, the Duluth Festival of Sail, and our Classic Boat & Schooner Rendezvous
24 days were bareboat charters
6 days were public sails with passengers for hire
3 days were sails that we donated to other non-profit groups
Our calendar for 2020 will fill up fast and requests to Sail With Us can be made on our website.
Thanks to the generosity of donors, revenue from the bareboat charters and public sails, LSTS did not charge a fee to take local area kids sailing on Abbey Road in 2019.
We continue to seek Volunteers, Buoyancy Brigade Members, Plank Owners and Corporate Partners to help us expand our programs into the future.
I really liked sailing on the boat. My favorite part was when I stood on the end of the boat, I could feel the wind going through my hair. Going on a sailboat was a completely new experience for me. The water looked really pretty. Sailing was generally calm and peaceful. Sailing was a very good experience that I was glad to have. I would recommend to anybody. -Ayden, 7th grade, OPS
Abbey Road Gift Cards!
Treat your loved ones, clients or that someone special to a gift they are sure to love, a sailing trip on the Abbey Road. Gift cards can be purchased with a value of your choosing and no expiration date!
Any amount makes the perfect gift, but listed below are prices for some of our most popular tours to reference for your gift card purchase!
Morning Sail (3 hours): Adults $90, Children (ages 10 and under): $45
Afternoon Sail (2 hours): Adults $60, Children $30
Sunset Sail (2.5 hours): Adults $75 Children $38
The sailing trip was really fun, I hope I can do it again soon! I know that I might be able to go again but at the same time it was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I will never get the chance to do that again. When I say once in a lifetime opportunity, it means every single moment in life is once in a lifetime because that thing that just happened will never happen again, and even if it does happen it would never be the same, and you will always remember the first time you did something as if it were yesterday. You would remember almost every detail of it, I know I still remember most of the stuff that happened that day, almost exactly in the order it happened. -Sadie, 8th grader, OPS
Join the Buoyancy Brigade
While revenue generating charters sustain approximately one half of our operating budget, annual memberships by individuals, couples, families and businesses allow us to offer our scholarships to youth from all walks of life.
Buoyancy Brigade Members funds our partnerships with public schools and youth organizations, as well as other activities that help us get kids out on Lake Superior.
The benefits of annual membership include:
Invitations to free "Member Sails" on the Abbey Road
20% discount on public sails & private charters
10% discount on merchandise
Early Bird invitation to the Pirates' Ball Fundraiser
Subscription to our eNewsletter.
