Access All Areas

Once again, Fareham Borough Council (FBC) is organising a summer holiday activity programme for 11-16 year olds titled "Access All Areas" (AAA). Details of the full programme for 2021 will be published on the AAA webpage of FBC website.

On Wednesday 18 August the AAA venue will be the Salterns. In the past, FBC have provided a range of activities in the field adjacent the compound; sailing with Seafarers Sailing Club was just one of many activities on offer. However, because it proved so popular, our introduction to sailing has been the only activity at Salterns since 2018. You will recall that our purchase of three Hartley 12.2 dinghies was part-funded by an FBC grant. Our support for "Access All Areas" helped our grant application.

On Wednesday 18 August we will run introduction to sailing sessions from 10:00. We will provide three large Club boats each helmed by an experienced dinghy helm and carrying up to two youngsters per session. There will be three sessions in the morning from 10:00,11:00 and 12:00 and another three in the afternoon from 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00. FBC will provide lunch for volunteers. Each on-water session is expected to last no more that 45 minutes to allow for launching and recovery.

Members have volunteered to act as coordinator, shore crew or beach crew, to crew the patrol boat, to drive the tractor and to helm the dinghies. If you are already Logged in, you can see the list on volunteers below.

A detailed plan has been published (here). This was written primarily for the volunteers. If you have an hour or two to spare on Wednesday 18 August, even if you have not volunteered to help, why not just turn up on the day and help spread cheer?

Should you have any questions, please contact Denise, our Vice Commodore.

Last updated 4:24pm on 22 June 2022