Welcome to the website of the Deaf Sailing UK

The Deaf Sailing UK Club's website provides an overview of the Club and sets out our full programme for the year.

Through an excellent partnership with the Rona Trust (London Sailing Project), the Sussex Yacht Club and the RYA Sailability, the Club prides itself on its offshore cruising, dinghy, training and social programme events.

Situated in historic Shoreham-by-Sea, the Sussex Yacht Club clubhouse boasts fantastic views up and down the river with a good opening to a wide sheltered harbour, and a good base of dinghy training in the Canal at a period Southwick clubhouse, a few miles east of the main clubhouse.

From a premier marina a few miles north of the Hamble Village near Southampton, the Club provides the opportunity for the offshore cruising aboard a 57' yacht, and aboard one of its fleet in a Tall Ship event on some occasions. The Rona Trust has itself been catering for deaf and hard-of-hearing people since 1992 in its the cruising crossings in the English Channel and in the Irish Sea, and still continue to run three more voyages in 2008.

The club also benefits from the good support and kind hospitality from the RYA Sailability through Sussex Sailability and Royal Southern Yacht Club by joining some of the social and yachting events to enjoy some day tastings at the sea and the drinks at their clubhouse.

Please feel free to browse our website to find out more.

Latest News

DSUK Fundraising Event at Sussex Yacht Club - October 2008

Deaf Sailing UK announces a fundraising dinner event for the competitive price of £20 for a three course meal, at Sussex Yacht Club on 25th October 2008 to raise funds for the future DSUK team entry for Regional and National Sailing events.

This follows our successful race in Cowes Week for the third consecutive year, thanks to the highly organised cooperation of Royal Southern Yacht Club, Island Sailing Club, Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club and Sussex Yacht Club. We must also acknowledge a very generous donation from 67 yacht owners from Eastbourne Yacht Club, Brighton Yacht Club, Sussex Yacht Club and Cherbourg Yacht Club, who took part in Sussex Yacht Club's biggest social calendar - the Royal Escape Race 2008.

Our Guest speaker at the October event will be Oliver Westbury, who was the first deaf person to have reached the true North Pole successfully in April this year. It is hoped that a new generation of sailors will be encouraged in 2009.

Please contact Shauna Taylor quickly on shauna.taylor@dsuk.org.uk to get a booking form to book a seat for three course meal for £20 or click here to fill out the form and send off to her.

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RYA Training Course at Sussex Yacht Club - October 2008

The Club announces recently that it has now been changed from RYA Dinghy Training Level 1/2 to Refresher Weekend course at Sussex Yacht Club for the weekend of 4th - 5th October 2008

Please contact the Secretary's office on deafsailing@syctraining.co.uk for all enquires or click here to read the full details on the course. The entry is open to those who have attained at least RYA Level 1 Dinghy course with SYC, or who can sail in light conditions.

Click here to fill out a booking form and send off with £40 cheque to the Secretary's office, and read the term and conditions by clicking here.

London Sailing Project's Deaf Voyage 2 aboard 'Rona II' at Universal Marina on Monday 8th to Sunday 14th September 2008.

Please contact Mike Aston on mike.aston@dsuk.org.uk for all enquires or click here to fill out a booking request form and send off to Mike. The entry is open to everybody from the age of 14 upwards.

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Royal Southern Yacht Club - Sailability Day - August 2008

Royal Southern Yacht Club announces that they will be taking out a group of friends and members of DSUK aboard their members' yachts to the Solent. There will be the morning and afternoon sessions with a lunch at the clubhouse in The Hamble - Sunday 24th August 2008.

Please contact Mike Aston on mike.aston@dsuk.org.uk to book your place and email to Mike.

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DSUK competing in the Sonar race in Skandia Cowes Week - August 2008

The DSUK crew is competing for the third year in the Sonar race class in Skandia Cowes Week from Saturday 2nd August to Saturday 9th August. They are moving their sailing base from Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club to Island Sailing Club this year, where they access their Sonar at a swinging mooring from the club's pontoon via the launch service.

For the race results or enquiry, please contact Andrew on andrew.taylor@dusk.org.uk

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