Posts Tagged ‘Sail Days’
February 21st, 2012 | 
Author: What a pleasant morning was had by all! Despite the temperature being 30 degrees, a gentle breeze kept us relatively cool. The new Sun Safe Shirts and Hats on parade by the volunteers and members was great to see.
Regular sailors Josh, Jamie, Connor and Charlotte had fun as usual. Welcome to today’s new sailor – Paul – we hope you enjoyed your day and will come again. A great turnout of volunteers, with 12 of us around, the work load was well shared. Thank you to all.
We would like to welcome Graham as a new member, happy you found your footing today and look forward to your participation in the future. This is also the perfect opportunity to thank all current members for payment of this year’s membership; we look forward to a happy, prosperous year on the water (or the shore!!)
Don’t forget next Sail Day is Tuesday 6th March. 9am for volunteers and 10am for sailors.
Posted in Annie and Steve have been visiting their daughter in Perth and took the opportunity to have a sticky beak at what Sailability gets up to in the west.
They have a full time employed organiser, Shay Kennare, who kindly took time out of her busy morning to talk to us.
Because the wind was over 15knots they weren’t using the Access dinghies, although one older sailor did take one out. Every one else was taken out in one of their 3 small yachts, 3 or 4 sailors at a time. Plus a skipper and crew and carers to look after the sailors.
I’ve added some captions to the photos in the slide show below so they should be self explanatory. (You’ll need to click the text thingy in the bottom left corner to get the captions.)
The last slide is actually a video showing a sailor being lifted into the boat with a hydraulic crane. You might have to double click the slide to get the video to run.
They charge $7 per sail. They also have a sliding scale of annual charges for organisations depending on how many sailors they have.
They sail 3 times per week.
- Wednesdays are for their less disabled sailors.
- Thursdays they take out severely disabled people.
- Sundays are for the serious sailors who are training for competition. Including blind sailors. The buoys emit different sounds so they can be identified.
It was so peaceful early on Tuesday morning down at the lake. The sun was poking its nose out from behind the clouds. A gentle breeze wafting across the smooth waters. Beautiful.
And then along comes Sailability. Cars, trailers, people, noise, laughter. Who needs peaceful, let’s have some fun. Read the rest of this entry »
Sailors
Our regular sailors Sara and Jamie, as well Conrad who came through the Sporting Wheelie’s organisation.
Numbers are always down in the winter months. Not sure why, it was very pleasant at the lake.
We are slowly working away in the background at increasing participation. When we have 20 sailors every sail day with all their carers we’ll look back at this gentle time with a great deal of nostalgia. Read the rest of this entry »
Sailors
Our regular sailors Sara, Michelle and Jamie, were there as well as 6 girls from Glenmore High. They were accompanied by teachers and parents most of whom got out on the water.
Michelle, the teacher who organised the trip, was amazed at how well behaved the girls were. Very peaceful. Not sure if it was the surroundings at the lake or Sailability. We’ll pretend it was us. Read the rest of this entry »
Where
From the boat ramp on the north shore of the Causeway Lake.
When
First and third Tuesdays of each month. Occasional changes!
To see a detailed map and get more details
Just a quick reminder that our next sail day is on Tuesday.
A teacher from Glenmore High, Michelle, is bringing some teenage girls for the first time. I’ll let Michelle tell you about them.
We have 6 or 7 students, 1 parent and 4 staff. Read the rest of this entry »
An amazing turn out of volunteers, 18 of us had a pleasant morning on the water. Including 3 people who turned up on the day. Thanks Vicki, Wendy and Dave.
Most volunteers had a sail and a turn on the rescue boat as well as lessons on rigging the dinghies.
We only had 2 disabled sailors, which gave us plenty of time for volunteer orientation, but we have 7 girls already booked in for the 18th. Hopefully more on the day.
Thanks again to everyone.