The Schooner Skua is a 25 ton, South African built, steel schooner that was gifted to us as salvage for the price of one symbolic US dollar. We are currently working on a major refit in the Dominican Republic and hope to have the hull and rig safe enough to move the boat at some time in 2023.
The prospective plan is to use Skua as a community-driven ecologically appropriate safe-space for radical women, queers, and non-traditional sailors to learn, to adventure, and practice sailing skills on a traditionally rigged vessel. We are not setting out to exclude cis men, but we are hoping to bring women, trans, and queer folk to the bridge in a cruising and tall-ship scene where they have been historically under represented.
The goal Is to use the Schooner Skua to circumnavigate both the South and North Americas learning, practicing and sharing ecological seamanship skills, while visiting and learning about the range of coastal ecosystems and the migratory species that visit and use them.
Schooner Skua 