Urgent request for support from Luke Powell

Sadly Pellew cannot continue to operate without your help. Her debts are mounting and soon she will have to stop operations unless funds can be found for Turn to Starboard to give her a new home.

We want Pellew to work aiding injured service veterans to recover and rebuild their lives through sailing and learning traditional skills of the sea. The charity Turn To Starboard need a flag ship to grow their activities and Pellew needs a good home where she can help make lives better.

Please help us make this a reality by donating even the smallest amount, so that this classic wooden ship can sail into the future helping people rebuild their lives.

The charity is currently working hard to raise funds themselves in order to buy Pellew, and we want to help them.

All funds raised from this fundraising page will go directly to Turn to Starboard and will be used towards the purchase of Pellew.

About Pellew

Pellew is the ninth and largest Pilot Cutter to have been built by Luke and his team in Truro. She was launched on the 29th February 2020 and started her maiden season sailing with guest crew in 2021 exploring her home waters of the West Country, Isles of Scilly, and the West Coast of Scotland. 68ft on deck, she is the largest pilot cutter built since the 1870’s.

Pellew is the realisation of one of Luke Powell's dreams, to recreate a modern version of the Falmouth pilot cutter No.8 Vincent, built in 1852 for the Vincent family of St Mawes. The Vincent was one of the longest-serving and best-documented of the Falmouth cutters. Built for speed, she worked successfully for 70 years sailing out into the English Channel to land pilots on incoming ships and guide them safely back to Falmouth to revictual and get their ongoing orders. She was retired in 1922, ending her days as a houseboat at Freshwater on the Percuil River.

Pellew has been built to the highest sea going standards with watertight bulkheads and all the equipment necessary to sail the oceans of the world.