About Us

Vision

Inspired, confident and engaged Bermuda youth with an appreciation for our waters and contagious excitement for learning and their future.

Mission

Building self-confidence, teamwork and life skills by engaging youth from diverse backgrounds across Bermuda in hands-on experiential learning through sailing.

Goals

• Leverage sailing as an effective tool for teaching STEAM Education;
• Inspire STEAM and maritime career pathways through experiential learning;
• Build confidence and life skills including problem-solving, teamwork and leadership;
• Integrate youth from different backgrounds and expose to sailing and Bermuda’s marine environment;
• Increase the retention of youth sailors in Bermuda who continue to pursue the sport of sailing;
• Increase the number of locally qualified sailing instructors in Bermuda;
• Enhance career opportunities for local youth to start a career in the maritime industry; and
• Support local sailing clubs towarding improving their ability their ability to facilitate sustainable youth sailing programmes.

Impact

Endeavour has engaged thousands of young people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds across Bermuda in hands-on learning through sailing.

2019 Impact Report

2018 Impact Report

History of the Endeavour name

‘Endeavour is a word that will forever be synonymous with the America’s Cup, in its past through the association with the J-class yacht Endeavour, and now with Endeavour Community Sailing, which was initiated during the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda.

The yacht Endeavour is a 130-foot (40m) J-class yacht that was built for Sir Thomas Sopwith to compete in the 1934 America’s Cup. Endeavour was the most advanced yacht of its day, with a steel hull and mast, and came closer to winning the America’s Cup than any other challenger until Australia II finally broke the U.S. dominance of stewardship of the America’s Cup in 1983. Endeavour’s legacy of innovation, excellence, determination and the will to try aligns perfectly with Endeavour Community Sailing, making it a fitting name for the initiative that is educating and inspiring thousands of students in Bermuda.

The inspiration for the Endeavour logo was taken from one of the most famous nautical legends in history, Poseidon. Poseidon’s trident, such a powerful mark in the minds of sailors for thousands of years, underlines the Endeavour brand, providing not only a connection to the millennia of nautical tales, but also Bermuda’s historic Royal Naval Dockyard which features a large statue of King Neptune with a trident in the courtyard of the National Museum of Bermuda, a nod to Bermuda’s rich maritime history.

The definitions of the word Endeavour underline why it is such an appropriate word for an initiative created to inspire and educate young people through sailing:

Verb: try hard to do or achieve something: “they are endeavouring to help their friends”
Noun: an attempt to achieve a goal: “an endeavour to inspire and educate young people”