Dartmouth Food Festival Devon Delights – Pilgrim

Vessel: Dartmouth Food Festival Devon Delights – Pilgrim
Where: Devon
Duration: 3 days

Embark: Brixham, Devon - 16 May 2025, 10:00
Disembark: Brixham, Devon - 18 May 2025, 14:30

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£450.00€517.50 Per Person.
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Experience one of the best foodie festivals that Devon has to offer from an ideal vantage point with a 3 day cruise on the magnificent Pilgrim of Brixham.

During this 3-day sailing and culinary delights experience you will have the opportunity to enjoy some great Devon coastal sailing combined with all the mouthwatering tastes you can imagine at one of the county’s biggest and most vibrant food events! It also offers a great introduction to sailing a traditional ship – and with her red sails, rich heritage and classic tiller, Pilgrim of Brixham is the perfect ship to do it on. Whilst you’ll be able to explore the land on this trip, you will develop your sea legs with a unique sailing experience. The crew will literally show you the ropes and encourage you to get stuck in and experience first hand traditional classic boat sailing.

Your voyage will leave from Pilgrim’s home port of Brixham, and while no two journeys onboard any of our vessels are the same, the crew know the area really well and will do their best to show you the best bits! Brixham is a busy fishing port, so watch out for local vessels bringing in their catch, as well as other traditional vessels sailing past. After sailing out of Brixham, Pilgrim will take you around Berry Head towards Dartmouth. Berry Head is a limestone headland, and this area of outstanding natural beauty is home to colonies of guillemots, black-legged kittiwakes, kestrels and gulls. As you sail past the headland, keep your eyes peeled for porpoises and dolphins which will often join Pilgrim, playing in the wake of the bow.

You will be welcomed aboard with refreshments before the usual safety briefings and boat tour to allow you to settle in and find your way around. Once everyone is ready we will set sail and the adventure begins!

As we leave Brixham, be sure to look back at the picture-postcard fishing port with pretty colour-washed fishermen’s cottages rising up around the old harbour. You will also see other heritage vessels and classic sailing boats as well as fishing trawlers in and around the busy harbour.

As you make your way toward Dartmouth you will sail around Berry Head. This dramatic limestone headland is designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty. It is home to a sea bird colony of guillemots, black-legged kittiwakes. Kestrels and gulls also make it their home. We are often accompanied by dolphins or porpoises here, so make sure you are up on deck with your camera to get some great shots of the amazing sea life.

Once in Dartmouth, you can join in the fun with internationally renowned chefs as well as celebrated writers and food critics. They will provide a huge range of exciting, informative and downright delicious food and entertainment. Guests can chose how much time they spend ashore at the Food Festival and how much time they spend sailing. Whatever you do, you will be able to learn some cordon bleu cooking skills while also appreciating the amazing feeling of just being propelled by the wind in the sails. That’s really special! Bon appetite!