Home Page for Tall Ship Adventures
Welcome to the Home Page of Tall Ship Adventures. Toronto Brigantine Incorporated (TBI) has been building the character of youths aged 13 to 18 for over 46 years. A not-for-profit charitable organisation, sail training programs on the Great Lakes aboard the brigantines T.S. Playfair and S.T.V. Pathfinder have taught valuable life skills for generations of youth including seamanship, self-reliance, teamwork, leadership, marine navigation and piloting, dependability, and respect.
What's New
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Summer Trainees : you are invited to join us for the annual Thanksgiving Sail scheduled from 6:30pm Friday October 9 to Monday October 12. Contact the office to submit your application
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Join us for 'Fall Together' at 7 pm on October 23, 2009 at the Centre for Social Innovation (215 Spadina Ave, First Floor) to meet old friends, see photos from the summer, and learn more about the TBI Winter Program.
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The winter program begins 6:30 pm on Friday November 13 at 'Brig House'. Meet at 627 Queen's Quay West, the Harbourfront Community Centre. Ensure you have submitted your 2009/2010 Winter Program application.
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TBI is grateful for the generous support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
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We have now posted a complete list of alumni and TBI directors and staff with dates and positions held. Check here to view. If you see any errors or omissions, please let us know. Also, note that we are now compiling an archive of photos and mementoes. Please send us anything you have that you think would add to the collection.
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WE REALLY NEED STUFF!! Here are some of our more substantial needs:
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Quarter-sawn Douglas Fir for Pathfinder's and Playfair's decks
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See the Needs page for a more extensive list
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The Web Site
For information about TBI, its' mission and history, and current announcements and events, please see the following links:
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The Quarterdeck - announcements from the Board of Directors.
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Administration - links to notices of meetings and the Laws of TBI
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Mission and Brief History - learn more about TBI.
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Archives of TBI - view links to some TBI archives
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Sail Training - learn about sail training.
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Location - Get directions to Brig House
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Supporting Brigs - learn how you can get involved and support TBI.
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Alumni - view upcoming events and update your contact information with TBI.
For information about our programmes, please see the following link:
Programs - information and application forms for our summer, winter, and shoulder season programmes.
For information about our brigantines and organisation of the people who sail them, please see the following links:
The Brigs - a descriptions of TS Playfair and STV Pathfinder.
The Crew - learn about crew organisation on our boats.
We occasionally receive boats by donation, and then sell those boats to help support our program. Check out the following page to see if we have the boat you've been waiting for:
For links to other sites, please see the following:
Links - to related web sites
Sponsors - links to valued sponsors of Tall Ship Adventures aboard STV Pathfinder and TS Playfair