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Club News and Notices
(maintained by the Club)
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Waveney Sailability was established in 2004/5 with the aim to give anyone with a disability a chance to sail. The bulk of our fleet is made up of Hansa 303 dinghies, but we also have an RS Venture Keel (Sailability version), a Squib and two Waveney One Designs.
Our sailors continue to compete in Oulton Week, and take part in WS racing. It is encouraging to note that an increasing number of our members feel confident enough to sail most sessions on their own, and then to race single handed on Tuesday evenings.
The Hansa Access dinghies are specially designed to allow all people with a disability to sail. They have a joystick control which works the opposite way to a tiller (thus confusing experienced dinghy sailors), unstayed masts so both sails can be reefed, and a weighted daggerboard to prevent capsizes.
The club is based on Oulton Broad, and we sail from the WOBYC clubhouse. Over the years the links with WOBYC have strengthened, and in 2014 the project to install a lift and accessible toilets was completed and officially opened by the Princess Royal. The Club is run entirely by volunteers, whether on shore helpers, instructors or safety boat drivers. It meets every Tuesday from April to October, so please contact us if you are able to help, or know someone who would like a trial sail. The really important people are the members of the club who come along to learn to sail or just for the enjoyment of being out on the water. The beauty of the club and its fleet is that anybody can sail more or less regardless of their problems. For the competitive sailors, every week there is an hour of racing for those who wish to participate and there are trophies for 4 series that we run throughout the season.
We are enormously thankful to the generosity of those people and organisations who have given us support with the running costs of the club. Members and helpers also pay a subscription which contributes to the running costs, and any sailor or potential volunteer interested in helping in any way would be most welcome.
The photo below shows 'Keen racers on the start line'.
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Club Events
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Weekly sailing sessions every Tuesday during the summer season
There is no sailing during Oulton Week (some members do race) and Whit Week in May. See our website for updates and the latest information.
www.waveneysailability.co.uk |
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