The Remarkable History of Jolie Brise and Dauntsey's School Sailing Club
Produced in association with Dauntsey's School
| 1913 | Built in Le Harve by Paumelle |
| 1925 | Winner of the first Fastnet Race |
| 1926 | 5th in the Bermuda race and awarded Blue Water Medal |
| 1928 | 2nd in the Fastnet Race |
| 1929 | Winner of the Fastnet Race |
| 1930 | Winner of the Fastnet Race |
| 1932 | Rescue of the crew of Adriana - Skipper awarded Blue Water Medal |
| 1945 | Bought by Senhor Lobato in Lisbon |
| 1977 | Acquired by the International Sailing Craft Association in association with Dauntsey's School Sailing Club and the Science Museum |
| 1980 | Winner Tall Ships Race |
| 1986 | Winner Tall Ships Race Newcastle to Bremerhaven |
| 1991 | New contract with DSSC - major refit started |
| 1993 | Refit complete - Jolie Brise's first Fastnet since 1931 |
| 1994 | Circumnavigation of U.K. |
| 1996 | Journey South for return to Lisbon to visit Senhor Lobato after nearly 20 years. |
| 1997 | Journey to the Arctic, going 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Dauntsey's crew played football in the Midnight Sun. Competes in Tall Ships Race for the first time for nearly a decade (third in class). |
| 1998 | Competes in Tall Ships Race, again going to Lisbon. |
| 1999 | Second in Tall Ships Race with congratulatory visit from HRH Prince Frederick of Denmark. |
| 2000 | Jolie Brise leads Tall Ships 2000 Transatlantic Fleet out of Southampton, going on to win the whole of Tall Ships 2000 Race, encompassing two transatlantic crossings. |
Overall Winner Tall Ships 2000 
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| 2002 | Jolie Brise again excels in her class during Tall Ships Races in Spain and Dauntsey's School purchases her from ISCA |
| 2003 | Competes in Tall Ships Races in the Baltic |
| 2004 | Jolie Brise takes a break from racing and goes whale watching in the Azores |
| 2005 | Competes in Tall Ships Races, Waterford, Newcastle, Cherbourg and Fredrikstad |
| 2006 | 50th Anniversary of Tall Ships Races, and Jolie Brise again takes part: St Malo - Lisbon - Cadiz - La Coruna - Antwerp |
Interesting Facts
In the last six years Jolie Brise has:
- circumnavigated the UK three times.
- crossed the Bay of Biscay eight times.
- visited Lisbon twice.
- sailed up to 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle.
- competed in six Round the Island Races (three times second in class, two times third in class).
- competed in five Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races being awarded
- third and second in class and twice winning the Award for the Youngest Crew in the Fleet.
- in total during this time she has sailed approximately 65,000 nautical miles and 1,100 pupils from Dauntsey's School have sailed on board her.
- she has represented the school on television six times.
- 28,000 meals would have been cooked on board during the last six years.
- in the last five years nearly 5,000 hours of maintenance work has been carried out on Jolie Brise by the pupils themselves.
- famous visitors on board in the last few years include Prince Philip, Princess Anne, HRH Prince Frederick of Denmark, Ted Heath, the late Eric Taberlay, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Sir Chay Blythe.
- Jolie Brise has been sailed and maintained by pupils from the school for the last twenty-five years.
- We think the club is unique in British Schools and although our pupils are fortunate to have the opportunity to sail in such a famous old craft, they earn that right only by their own efforts and involvement.
