Sea Change Sailing Trust – East Coast Sailing Activities – Page 3 – Making a real impact on the lives of disabled, disadvantaged and socially excluded young people

Nick Ardley Celebrates Blue Mermaid

Earlier this year Christobel and I received an invitation to attend the official launch of the Sea-change Sailing Trust’s new Thames spritsail barge, Blue Mermaid. The barge is a ‘faithful’ replica of the original sunk by a magnetic mine during WW2. Her remains sit somewhere near the old position of the west Hook Middle Buoy n the Swin. Soon, with the help of the Port of London Authority, a diver will retrieve a fragment of that vessel which will be preserved and kept aboard the new barge in memory of the crew who perished. Read the entire piece here….

By Don|2019-07-12T16:12:54+00:00July 12th, 2019|

Blue Mermaid Commissioned

Last Thursday Blue Mermaid was commissioned alongside Maldon Hythe Quay in front of a large group of supporters and in glorious sunshine.

We are most appreciative of all our supporters, who enable us to keep broadening the scope of our work.

By Don|2019-07-08T13:48:00+00:00July 8th, 2019|

Great Support From Trinity House

We are delighted to report that we are beneficiaries of Regional Grant Support from Trinity House.

Supporters of our bursary scheme for our training programmes and also towards the completion of Blue Mermaid, we are grateful to them for their help in enabling our ongoing development.

By Don|2019-06-25T17:04:21+00:00June 25th, 2019|

PLA Rowing’s Great Meander Story

The Great Meander is a four-day Marathon row, supported by the Port of London Authority – from Lechlade, Gloucestershire, to Gravesend, Kent.

Beginning on 22 June 2019, it’s in aid of Sea-Change, who provide residential opportunities for young people and vulnerable adults to learn and develop in a unique environment. It is a great success and a wonderful way to fundraise, for which we are most grateful. Further donations can be made here.

By Don|2019-06-24T13:20:06+00:00June 24th, 2019|

Fitting Out Blue Mermaid (Mostly) Below Decks

The aft cabin

Now under way with the charity, SB Blue Mermaid has undergone a transformation both on deck and below to ready her for her clients.

Here is an album showing and describing many recently completed details.

By Don|2019-06-24T13:20:52+00:00June 19th, 2019|

Blue Water At Mistley

Having started the season with three excellent weeks on our old friend Reminder, while the yard finished laying Blue Mermaid’s decks each end and the 1001 other things on the list, it was great to welcome aboard six young people and two staff from the Stour Blue Water Pass Trust.

This amazing new charity offering activities afloat for young people invited Blue Mermaid to provide the venue for their launch reception on 1st June and this gave us a passage from Maldon to share with some of their clients.

And that is not all! By kind arrangement with the owners of Mistley Quay it was possible to lay alongside. This meant the new Blue Mermaid passed the yard where the original was launched in 1930, in fact also kindly towed in by David Foster who now runs the yard.

The photo shows the group at the end of the five day trip during which we visited Brightlingsea and Pin Mill. More photos here.

By Don|2019-06-10T08:57:23+00:00June 7th, 2019|