Voyages | Designing the Matthew | Building the Matthew

2008 Sailing Programme - Matthew is already at sea making her way from London back to Bristol and dodging plenty of gales on the way.

Highlight of this summer will be a cruise to Northen France to be part of the start of the Tour De France cycle race and also the amazing Brest International Maritime Festival.

See our sailing programme page for more detauils of how to be part of this voyage.

2007 Sailing Programme - Matthew ventured into the Irish Sea and like most ships, wished she hadn't! The weather was atrocious and forced the curtailment of festival visits and resulted in the crew going mad sitting on a mooring bouncing around in Holyhead for 10 days.

Late summer and autumn was more succesful for the ship with a very pleasant cruise to Cardiff and back and a nice filming job which took the ship up the Severn and the Sharpness Canal to Gloucester Docks. 

2006 Sailing Programme - For the 2006 sailing programme, the Matthew had a new skipper.

2001 Channel Voyages - This year the Matthew ventures forth once more, taking paying passengers for the first time as she makes her way towards Portsmouth for the Festival of the Sea

1998 Return Voyage - In 1998 the Matthew crossed the Atlantic again to return home to Bristol via France

1997 North America - After the trans-Atlantic trip, the Matthew toured Newfoundland and down the coast to Boston before wintering in Toronto

1997 Atlantic Voyage - The voyage for which the Matthew was built, the recreation of John Cabot's discovery of North America

1996 Sea Trials - The maiden voyage to London and back and trips to Ireland and France