The Jolie Brise is owned, maintained and sailed by the pupils of Dauntsey's School.

Dauntsey's is a leading independent co-educational day and boarding school in the heart of Wiltshire. Unusually for a land-locked school, Dauntsey's has a long association and passion for sailing. The School Sailing Club was founded in 1970 and its association with the Jolie Brise began in 1977.

The world famous gaff pilot cutter was the last boat to carry the Royal Mail under sail and has won the Fastnet Race three times, including the first race in 1925. She has been the overall winner of Tall Ships Races three times, including the Transatlantic Races to the USA and Canada in 2000 and most recently in 2011.

This Summer, Dauntsey's pupils will be joining Jolie Brise to race with the Tall Ships fleet from St Malo across the Bay of Biscay to Lisbon before sailing north back along the Portuguese coast to La Coruna in Spain, from where she will race back to Dublin; the last Tall Ships port of 2012.