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- To offer an introduction to the excitement and
adventure of offshore sailing to young people from a wide range of backgrounds,
including those who have special educational and social needs.
- To teach the skills of seamanship and to offer RYA practical courses in the
cruising scheme under the direction of qualified instructors.
- To create opportunities for personal development in a physically challenging
environment and to inculcate initiative and leadership skills.
- To provide the basis for a communal experience on board ship in which teamwork
and cooperation are at least as important as self reliance, toughness and
individual fortitude.
- To encourage an awareness of the beauty of the natural world, particularly the
sea in all its changing moods and man's place in that world. |