The Morning Star Trust is a Christian sail training charity with the primary objective of the "Proclamation of the Gospel of Christ and the advancement of Christianity[1]" by "sharing God's love and the good news about the offer of forgiveness and a relationship with God through Jesus[2]" onboard their voyages.
[7] In a typical activity in 2004 a crew including five teenagers who had been given bursaries to allow them to take part, sailed to Denmark from Chatham in the Tall Ships Race.
[8] Physics teacher Tim Millward built Morning Star of Revelation, the Trust's original vessel, over the period from 1972 to 1978.
She competed annually in subsequent Tall Ships' Races, including the 2000 event when she crossed the Atlantic.
In July 2013 the vessel won the Aarhus to Helsinki Tall Ships race, coming in as the overall winner on corrected time.