• The Burro Dragon

  • Some of the helpers at the bag pack Shoprite Port Erin

  • Attending the Lusitania memorial 3 May at Peel

  • I enjoyed my birthday out sailing

  • We like sailing, why don't you join us.

  • Peel Clothworkers primary school pay their first visit

  • Visitors to our waters

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Membership renewal

Another year has flown buy. Maybe  not exactly the year we were hoping for. Our patience has been tested again and again. At the moment we are waiting for the boat to go to Whitehaven for necessary maintenance. Unfortunally both the weather and access problems at Whitehaven Marina are not working in our favour.

However, we believe a great year is lying ahead of us with lots of sailing opportunities. So please pay your membership which runs from the 1st April 2022 till 31 March 2023. If you don't pay by Standing Order, please consider doing so. This saves you the effort paying each year and also saves our hardworking Membership Secretary  a considerable amount of time.                             

The standing Order form is available HERE.

Our membership fee is still set at a minimum of £10 but you can make any payment above if you want to make a donation to your charity.  

The address to send your completed Standing Order form, money or cheque to is: Mrs Gerry Morley, Woodvale Bradda Road, Port Erin, IM9 6QA

Pride of Mann III - Rigging Repairs update

We are still waiting to take Pride of Mann III to Whitehaven to have the standing rigging (stainless steel wire rigging) replaced. We had been waiting for a window in the weather but now the lock gate to enter Whitehaven Marina has a fault and it is not anticipated to be repaired until 14 March. Once the gate is repaired we will take the boat over as quickly as possible but it is dependent on weather, tides and availability of suitable crew. However, the good news is it may be possible for the crew to stay with the boat and bring it straight back after the repairs are done. This will mean we get the boat back in service quicker.
 
We will keep you updated via Facebook and the website.

100 Club winners February

Winners prize draw February 2022

First prize       -   Chris Wood,     £33.00
Second prize  -   Peter Crebbin,  £15.00
Third prize      -   Mark Jewell,     £8.00

CONGRATULATIONS !

The 100 Club is a prize draw that helps to raise funds for your charity. We need more members joining the 100 Club so more funds will be raised. The more members we have the bigger the prizes!
The cost is only £2 per month, that is £24 usually paid annually. Members stand a very good chance of winning and recuperating their subscription. Application forms can be downloaded here.

Manx Telecom Sponsorship

Manx Telecom have been long-term sponsors of Sailing for the Disabled (“SftD”). On an ongoing basis they sponsor call costs on mobile phones and have provided hardware in the past. For their latest sponsorship they have provided the Crewmaster with a new Samsung A40 Smartphone. We had previously operated using a very old phone that was a simple phone.

The Crewmaster role in SFTD is very important it gives our users access to sails and we have to ensure the right skippers and crew are available to operate every sail. It is an active role in often needing to contact people when sails are changed at short notice, or crews have to be changed because of availability. In summer there is almost daily activity. This smart phone gives the capability to improve the service to our users.  

  • Email access on the go.
  • Easy SMS and WhatsApp messaging. 
  • Ability to check and change the sailing schedule on our website whilst away from home. All sailing is manged though the website.
  • Quicker response to users and crew.
  • Ease the workload by a smartphone becoming a one stop shop for all the Crewmaster communications and information. We can store phone lists and similar with ease.
  • Telephone remains important to us as some of our users who do not have email and internet access, and so rely on telephone to access our services.
  • This will make handover easier when cover is required for the Crewmaster role, for holidays or other reasons.

 Our grateful thanks to Manx Telecom for their continued support of Sailing for the Disabled.

Rushen Silver Band supports SftD

A BIG thank you to the Rushen Silver Band for nominating our charity as the recipients of the retiring collection. We would like to thank your audience, and the band members, for their incredible generosity. It was a wonderful concert and we thoroughly enjoyed the evening’s entertainment.

But..... the full story starts in 2019!

‘The Rushen Silver Band were really delighted when Pride of Mann 3 hove into Fleshwick Bay ( we were en route to Northern Ireland) and dropped anchor, to listen to the "70 year Commemoration  concert being played on Fleshwick beach. At the end of the concert, Ade spoke to them using the Loudhailer ( fun!!) to say "this is Sailing for the Disabled, "Pride of Mann 3 " and  tell them how much we crew had enjoyed the concert, as we all clapped and cheered. Then we  upped anchor and sailed away into the blue horizon.......’

Ade wasn't even sure if they had managed to hear their call, but they did! Which resulted in the lovely photograph at the top of their Facebook page and very likely also to this nomination!

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