Sail Boat Project CIC

Specialties

RYA sailing courses — practical and theory, sailing holidays, own boat tuition, boat charter and team days, budget boat charter, taster sails.

Operating from Chichester marina — Ocean Quay, Southampton — Brighton marina

History

Established in 2009.

We are a Community Interest Company established in 2009, providing a range of learning activities based around sailing. We widen access to the sea, offering sail training onboard, navigation training on land, using these activities to increase confidence and a sense of wellbeing in marginalised coastal communities. We build relationships with individuals and organisations who are, or who work with marginalised people, helping them to get the most out of the activities and opportunities we provide to:

build confidence and challenge

develop employability skills

work collectively

improve decision-​making skills

work towards nationally-​recognised qualifications

We operate our RYA Training Centres out of Chichester marina and Southampton water and other activities along the south coast. In 2015 we became a RYA Sailability organisation.

In 2015, we had 177 people sail with us, over 130 boat days, sailing 3500 nautical miles and issuing 70 RYA qualifications.

Meet the Business Owner

Dhara T.

Business Owner

Before training as a sailing instructor, Dhara lived on and maintained boats for over 20 years. In that time he has been a community development worker supporting numerous projects and is keen to make learning accessible to everyone. He is a co-​founder of Sail Boat Project. As well as instructing he finds and engages with groups interested in our activities.