DISABLED SAILING - SAILABILITY

RYA Sailability is the national organising charity for disabled sailing. It aims to encourage active participation by people with disabilities in the sailing community.

Membership is open to anyone who shares its aims and BTYC is an RYA Foundation Sailability centre. This means that we want to make BTYC a club which is accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities and where they can take part in a full range of sailing activities and club social events. We have been re-developing the clubhouse and launching area to improve access and facilities for the disabled.

We have 2 Challenger trimarans which are specially designed for sailing solo by people with limited lower body movement. They are fast, exciting and stable (in medium to light winds). They are suitable for a beginner with an instructor or an intermediate /expert on his/her own.

The Challengers are regularly sailed on Thursday evenings, and at other times by arrangement.

We have members who are visually impaired and with other disabilities. One young member, David Morse, is in the paralympic race-training programme. He has his own website at http://www.davidmorsesailing.co.uk

If you have a disability and are interested in any of the above activities and would like to discuss these with someone please contact Sarah Street, Sailability Officer, by click to email

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