Tradition sailing is a small shipping company with the mission to let more people experience the wonderful life onboard a traditional ship at sea. We are passionate about the maritime heritage and want to allow more people to learn more about sailing a traditional ship.

We have two skippers in the company who both have many years’ experience of sailing, traditional yachts as well as education at sea.

Karin Rosenberg is skipper with “Fartygsbefäl klass VI”. Beside working for Tradition sailing she is skipper onboard passenger ships in the Gothenburg archipelago. Karin has more than 20 years’ experience from traditional yachts. Karin is also active in Föreningen Västkustskutorna and Maritimt i Väst which is the West Götaland region´s group focusing on saving the maritime heritage.

Thomas Gunnarsson is the second skipper in Tradition sailing with Fartygsbefäl Klass VIII and TF70 certificate. He has more than 40 years sailing experience and since 16 years back he is the owner of the yacht Westwind. Thomas is also active in the board of Sail Training International, Tall Ships Race and Maritimt i Väst as well as working for the Sjöskolan Beckholmen as a navigational teacher.