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"One of my best experiences on the the Planet! Can't wait to come again!" - Tessa Grundon
Sail Britain is a unique sailing initiative to explore the rich variety of the British coastline through shared experience, cross-disciplinary creativity, and engagement with communities. We want to reconnect people with the UK’s maritime heritage, culture and identity, and to highlight the extraordinary bea
04/22/2026
We are having an exhibition!! Edinburgh, 1st- 3rd May
'Following Seas', our 2026 Exhibition, is a celebration of the Scottish seas and islands by artists who have sailed aboard Merlin with Sail Britain.
The Sail Britain residency programme has been running since 2015, pioneering sailing as a creative practice, and celebrating our ocean and coastlines from interdisciplinary perspectives.
Following Seas brings together works by artists in residence over the last two years in all their diversity and creativity, from film to photography, and painting to poetry. Though learning to sail as a crew is a shared endeavour of a very intimate kind, these works represent the individual responses of the participating artists to a common experience.
Patriothall gallery, Wasps studios, EH3 5AY
FREE ENTRY - Donations Optional
Opening Times:
Saturday 2nd May - 10am - 5pm
Sunday 3rd May - 10am - 5pm
See you there!
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