The mixture of oil and polish that was disturbing members of the two youth groups was as alien to them as the masts, sprits, bargeboards and stays that help to control the vessel. But it is this sense of being in an alien environment that The Cirdan Sailing Trust, which operates Xylonite and four other ships, believes is crucial to what the young people get out of the trip.
Leonie Turner, head of marketing at Cirdan, says: "Any residential experience is beneficial for young people because it gives them the opportunity to work as a team, but when they are put in the alien environment of a sailing vessel, and a very small space, everything is intensified. They have no choice but to work as a team, there is nowhere to go so they have to face up to the situation."
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