£80K grant for Lowestoft’s sailing trawler Excelsior

2021-05-17T19:01:57+01:00May 14th, 2021|News|

Excelsior Trust, based in Lowestoft has received a grant of £80,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. The vessel Excelsior, has reached its centenary this year and is a familiar and much loved sight off the east coast.  Maintained as a charitable trust for the past [...]

Excelsior is back at sea

2020-11-06T11:20:47+00:00August 17th, 2020|News|

East Anglia’s most historic ship takes to sea again Excelsior, the 99 year old traditional gaff rigged fishing ketch known as a ‘smack’ is allowed to leave harbour thanks to the lifting of Covid19 restrictions. Adapting to Covid19 means Excelsior, the iconic Lowestoft-built sailing smack at long last is able to take passengers out for [...]

Excelsior’s new boat

2020-11-06T11:22:28+00:00August 7th, 2019|Maintenance|

New Lowestoft-built ship's boat is launched for Excelsior Excelsior Trust – the Lowestoft based sailing charity – has taken delivery of a traditional ships’ boat, built by Lowestoft’s International Boatbuilding Training College.  This boat is an historical reconstruction based upon a drawing held by the Science Museum recording of a smack’s boat in 1937. Excelsior [...]

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