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 twice been the overall winner of Tall Ships Races, including the Transatlantic Races to the USA and Canada in 2000.

This year, sailed by Dauntsey's pupils, the Jolie Brise will visit France, the Channel Islands, Scottish Western Isles and Denmark before joining the Tall Ships Fleet in Kristiansand, Norway. From here she will race to Hartlepool and then compete in the North Sea Tall Ships Regatta culminating in the world famous "Parade of Sail" in Amsterdam.