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Sailing for visually impaired people - The world of offshore sailing and blue water exploration is for the inclusive enjoyment of everyone.

The cold and wet, the windy and stormy, precipitous and frightening seas, and the dark and bewildering oceans are the sailing adventure playgrounds available to all!

The Cruel Sea

As visually impaired and blind sailing enthusiasts we understand the scepticisms and barriers that have to be overcome and dismantled to go beyond the boundaries and tame the wild oceans.

Countering misconceptions

We have established VI-SA-GB, the first visually impaired sailing association for blind sailing enthusiasts now on a mission to correct the misconceptions around blind sailing , sailing for visually impaired people and offshore sailing adventure and the manner by which empowerment and independence has sometimes; unintentionally, been compromised through a overly cautious approach, and the lack of understanding and awareness around empowerment and inclusion.

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Last updated 25/01/2013

Announcing the VISA-GB 2013 Sailing programme

2013 Sailing programme from VI-SA-GB • Notes – Unless specifically stated all voyages will start and finish for participating crew at Haslar Marina, Haslar road, Gosport Hants PO12 1NU. Programme

• Voyage
• number
• Month
• Start Date
• End date
• Number of nights
Yacht name
• Yacht make
• LOWA
(ft)
• Sleeps
• Cruising area
• Notes

• Visa 13/001
• April
• Monday 15/04/13
• Saturday 20/04/13
• 5
• Outlook 2
• Sweden
• 39
• 7
• Solent area
• Visa 13/002
• April
• Sunday 21/04/13
• Friday 26 /04/13
• 5
• Outlook 2
• Sweden
• 39
• 7
• Solent and South East Coast
• Visa 13/003
• April/May
• Saturday 27/04/13
• Saturday 04/05/13
• 7
• Outlook 2
• Sweden
• 39
• 7
• South West
• Visa 13/004
• May
• Sunday 05/05/13
• Friday 17/05/13
• 12
• Outlook 2
• Sweden
• 39
• 7
• Rouen via Le Havre, Honfleur and the Seine

Announcing the VISA-GB 2013 Sailing Annual gathering and catch up

To all friends and supporters, This is your invitation to the 2013 VI-SA-GB Annual gathering and sailing information ‘catch-up’ When is it this year? Saturday 23 march at 1 o’clock.
So where is it? The VI-SA-GB Annual gathering and sailing information ‘catch up’ takes place at the Paternoster Bar, 2/4 Queens Head Passage, (corner of Newgate street) London EC4m7DZ
How do I get there? Take a look at How to find the Paternoster
So what is it all about? It promises to be another years successful promotion of VI-sSA-GB’s forthcoming 2013 sailing programme and some ‘heads up’ on the association for all, plus presentations by many of our good friends that also have sailing opportunities for visually impaired people throughout the year. What’s more, it is an opportunity to catch up with old friends, meet some of the new VI-SA-GB voluntary skippers and mates, and whoever else may come along. This year following on from the success of our fund raising raffle last year, we are once again going to run a raffle with some really cool prizes donated by our invaluable supporters and also a few other sailing associated firms that we have links from our webpages to.
What are the prizes this year? We’ve been busy taking in donated products from the 2013 Tullett Prebon London International Boat Show, as well as from – the Chandlers Marine Store in Malden;one of our invaluable supporters, amongst generous donations from many more of our friends. The prizes so far this year: Musto jacket sponsored by Garman Crew Savers 25 ltr Dry Bag sponsored by Marine Superstore, Port Solent. MAC Rescue knive sponsored by Piplers of Poole. TREM Acoustic Horn sponsored by Ocean Safety International MUGGI Plastic mug holder sponsored by Nauticalia chandlery £25 I tunes voucher courtesy of VI-SA-GB 3 RYA leather bound log books courtesy of RYA Sailability FAST FORWARD Touch screen sensitive gloves courtesy of VI-SA-GB Mystery prize sponsored by Jimmy Green chandlery Nearer the date we’ll publish a more comprehensive list of all the goodies that will be raffled or auctioned off on the day! There promises to be some really fabulous sailing stuff that with the help of Lady Luck could be yours! So don’t miss out!!!
Do I need to be a member? No! Not at all! Absolutely everyone is welcome. So if you have friends that you may know would like to get involved and try sailing for the first time, let them know and invite them along with you to find out more about VI-SA-GB and the 2013 sailing programme.
When is it again? Saturday 23 March 2013 at 1 O’clock. See you there!

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