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Living By The Sea
Short interviews to watch with people from all walks of life who are passionate about the sea for so many different reasons.
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Sir Thomas Lipton Quiz
Tea All You Can Be! Open the Lipton Tea Chest to find out what you know in our quiz.
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Sea Views with Gerry Hughes
I am Gerry Hughes, a retired school teacher from Glasgow. I love sailing and am also the first Deaf yachtsman to sail solo round the world via the Five Great Capes What was your first experience of working? I really struggled to get a job when I left school. I applied to train as a […]
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Set Sail
The best of films and photography of the America’s Cup, sailing, and Buoyed Up Introducing The America’s Cup Buoyed Up Videos Buoyed Up Gallery
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Lipton Challenge
You and Buoyed Up! If you say that you are ‘buoyed up’ it usually means you feel positive because something good has happened to you. It has given you more energy. Maybe it has made you more confident, more enthusiastic. Perhaps you are inspired to try something new, or you see what was familiar in […]
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Victoria Drummond — Queen of the engine room
Victoria was a very lucky girl. In fact, Victoria was more than lucky, much more. She was privileged. If you were going to write a story about a girl who had the best possible start in life you might imagine someone like Victoria. The girl in your story might grow up on a country estate […]
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Titanic Tales — Arthur’s Story
Arthur’s Story You probably won’t recognise my name. It’s Arthur Rostron. You see what I mean. You haven’t heard of me, have you? You may be surprised to know that a lot of people on both sides of the Atlantic once regarded me as a hero. They say I saved their lives. I don’t know […]
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The Vanishing Man
For many people who know anything about sailing he is the greatest sailor who ever lived. Simple as that. It’s hard to argue with them because what heachieved is truly remarkable. And what happened to him is still one of the great mysteries of the sea. His name is Joshua Slocum. Bornin a place called […]
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The pirate of Jaywick
This picture was taken at Brightlingsea Sailing Club in Essex on the last of five days of sailing as part of our Buoyed Up programme. I am not a sailor and I don’t know much about boats, but I wanted to have some fun with our pupils and well as work with the sailing instructors. […]
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Sir Michael Morpurgo, storymaker
Who are you? Sir Michael Morpurgo, storymaker. What was your first experience of working? I was in the army for a year in 1963 2hen I was 19. So that was my first paid job. What is your earliest memory of being on or close to the sea? Bournemouth on my first family holiday when […]
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About us
Founded in 2010, the Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation is a registered charity.
We care deeply about propelling 10 to 12 year old children – at school in areas of acute social and economic disadvantage – into their critical teenage years with an unforgettable experience of sailing, enterprise and achievement.
At the heart of Buoyed Up is a narrative about the life and example of Sir Thomas Lipton.