Date: 19.01.19
Our 2019 Winter Warmer - a brilliant presentation by Will Street, Jonny Currell and Andrew Street about their journey to becoming Para World Champions in September 2018 enjoyed by circa 40 people from the many sailing clubs and groups in Kent and East Sussex. Please go to our Picture Gallery to see more photos..
Our 2019 Winter Warmer - a brilliant presentation by Will Street, Jonny Currell and Andrew Street about their journey to becoming Para World Champions in September 2018 enjoyed by circa 40 people from the many sailing clubs and groups in Kent and East Sussex. Please go to our Picture Gallery to see more photos..
Date: 09.12.18
THE BIG LIFT PROJECT- (Hoist update). Fundraising is still going well with donations from Bewl Canoe Club, Bewl Bridge Fly Fishing Club and a number of personal donations from some of the people who attended the recent RYA Level 2 Powerboat Handling course that Richard Goring and Richard Hayden ran at the Outdoor Education Centre. They gave up 2 days of their time which reduced the fees to approx. 33% of the normal fees on the basis that the course participants would make a donation to the BIG LIFT PROJECT.
The pontoon has been ordered and we will soon be placing the order for the gantry and hoist along with fendering for the pontoon, so all is looking good and on target for being all in place and ready to use in April.
Date: 02.10.18
THE BIG LIFT PROJECT -(Hoist update) We are now even closer to reaching our financial target having been successful in our application for £10,000 from Sport England. We have also received donations from Bewl Sailing Association (all money raised at the Barts Bash event plus a little bit more) and a couple of generous private donations. Hopefully, the other watersports clubs based at Bewl will see the value that a hoist could make to their Clubs and will be kind enough to make a contribution to the whole project and in doing so will enable us to reach our target. We hope to be placing orders in October.
Another snippet - lots more photos of our year to date can now be seen by clicking on the tab above 'Picture Gallery'. Happy Days
THE BIG LIFT PROJECT- (Hoist update). Fundraising is still going well with donations from Bewl Canoe Club, Bewl Bridge Fly Fishing Club and a number of personal donations from some of the people who attended the recent RYA Level 2 Powerboat Handling course that Richard Goring and Richard Hayden ran at the Outdoor Education Centre. They gave up 2 days of their time which reduced the fees to approx. 33% of the normal fees on the basis that the course participants would make a donation to the BIG LIFT PROJECT.
The pontoon has been ordered and we will soon be placing the order for the gantry and hoist along with fendering for the pontoon, so all is looking good and on target for being all in place and ready to use in April.
Date: 02.10.18
THE BIG LIFT PROJECT -(Hoist update) We are now even closer to reaching our financial target having been successful in our application for £10,000 from Sport England. We have also received donations from Bewl Sailing Association (all money raised at the Barts Bash event plus a little bit more) and a couple of generous private donations. Hopefully, the other watersports clubs based at Bewl will see the value that a hoist could make to their Clubs and will be kind enough to make a contribution to the whole project and in doing so will enable us to reach our target. We hope to be placing orders in October.
Another snippet - lots more photos of our year to date can now be seen by clicking on the tab above 'Picture Gallery'. Happy Days
Date: 20.07.18
Now well into our sailing season. Enjoying the months of dry sunny weather, although rather light winds. Thankfully the water levels are still excellent (approx 85%full) but now seeing signs of it being drawn off quite quickly. However, we have had some great times afloat and now look forward to the 2nd half of our season and various days when we are hosting a number of different groups and organisations e.g Duchenne Family support Group, Oceans of Hope, Hilarys Dream Trust.
Its not too late to come and join us so please just make contact via our contact details.contact form - see link in header of this page - and 'come on down'.
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Now well into our sailing season. Enjoying the months of dry sunny weather, although rather light winds. Thankfully the water levels are still excellent (approx 85%full) but now seeing signs of it being drawn off quite quickly. However, we have had some great times afloat and now look forward to the 2nd half of our season and various days when we are hosting a number of different groups and organisations e.g Duchenne Family support Group, Oceans of Hope, Hilarys Dream Trust.
Its not too late to come and join us so please just make contact via our contact details.contact form - see link in header of this page - and 'come on down'.
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Date: June 2018
A HOIST FOR MoB - getting there!
Great news - we have had it confirmed that our grant application to the RYA Foundation has been successful, and so along with a significant contribution from our own reserve funds we are now half way to achieving our goal.
A further grant application has been submitted to Sport England and if this is successful we will be able to go ahead and complete the 'Hoist Project'. As soon as we have the stable platform(pontoon), the gantry and hoist in place we will be undertaking some training so that as many MoB members as possible can operate the equipment. We hope that with this great asset watersports and in particular sailing at Bewl will become even more accessible to those with physical disabilities and in turn we will gain more members.
Might you be one of those who would love to give dinghy sailing a go but need a hoist? . If so, please watch this space as we will be letting everyone know when everything is ready to go.
As with all such projects and no matter how much careful financial planning takes place there is a chance that we will still have a small shortfall, and so if you would like to contribute towards this essential piece of equipment we would love to hear from you.
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A HOIST FOR MoB - getting there!
Great news - we have had it confirmed that our grant application to the RYA Foundation has been successful, and so along with a significant contribution from our own reserve funds we are now half way to achieving our goal.
A further grant application has been submitted to Sport England and if this is successful we will be able to go ahead and complete the 'Hoist Project'. As soon as we have the stable platform(pontoon), the gantry and hoist in place we will be undertaking some training so that as many MoB members as possible can operate the equipment. We hope that with this great asset watersports and in particular sailing at Bewl will become even more accessible to those with physical disabilities and in turn we will gain more members.
Might you be one of those who would love to give dinghy sailing a go but need a hoist? . If so, please watch this space as we will be letting everyone know when everything is ready to go.
As with all such projects and no matter how much careful financial planning takes place there is a chance that we will still have a small shortfall, and so if you would like to contribute towards this essential piece of equipment we would love to hear from you.
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Date 19.02.18
With s few signs of Spring in the air the weeks are now flying by and it will not be too long before the 7th April and the start of our sailing season. Of course prior to this we will be undertaking work on our fleet of dinghies at both our winter workshops and at Bewl so if you are interested in giving a hand with this essential work and sharing the load please check our calendar (see tab above) for the dates when we will be carrying out this work.
For those who are thinking about giving sailing a go or are considering returning to sailing and joining MoB you can now get full membership details and a copy of our membership application form for 2018 by clicking on the
'Membership ' tab above. Although the fees have had to be increased a little this year they continue to represent really excellent value - and you will be joining a really helpful and great bunch of people who simply like sailing and messing about with boats in one of the best locations in the South East.
With s few signs of Spring in the air the weeks are now flying by and it will not be too long before the 7th April and the start of our sailing season. Of course prior to this we will be undertaking work on our fleet of dinghies at both our winter workshops and at Bewl so if you are interested in giving a hand with this essential work and sharing the load please check our calendar (see tab above) for the dates when we will be carrying out this work.
For those who are thinking about giving sailing a go or are considering returning to sailing and joining MoB you can now get full membership details and a copy of our membership application form for 2018 by clicking on the
'Membership ' tab above. Although the fees have had to be increased a little this year they continue to represent really excellent value - and you will be joining a really helpful and great bunch of people who simply like sailing and messing about with boats in one of the best locations in the South East.
Date 04.11.17
The 2017 sailing season is now over and so we will be taking some of our dinghies away to our winter workshops this week where members will undertake the essential winter maintenance.
With increased use this season there is quite a lot to be done to the dinghies and so we will be kept quite busy during these colder and possibly damper few months. We will also be organising a number of social events throughout Winter/early Spring, all of which will be added to or Calendar (see tab above).
The 2017 sailing season is now over and so we will be taking some of our dinghies away to our winter workshops this week where members will undertake the essential winter maintenance.
With increased use this season there is quite a lot to be done to the dinghies and so we will be kept quite busy during these colder and possibly damper few months. We will also be organising a number of social events throughout Winter/early Spring, all of which will be added to or Calendar (see tab above).
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