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From Your Dover
A new winch has been installed on Dover beach making it easier for disabled people to go out on the water.
Dover Watersports Centre won a £3,000 Haven Academy Award to fund the installation which will enable dinghies and boats to be moved up and down the steep beach.
Currently sea users have to carry dinghies and safety boats up and down the beach.
Head of the centre Stuart Bishop said it had been a long-term aim to get the winch installed.
"I'm thrilled to accept this award on behalf of the Dover Watersports Centre," he said.
"We operate on a steep, shelving beach which is constantly changing shape and at low tide we have to carry our dinghies over 100 metres. This puts volunteers and staff at risk, prevents many from sailing and limits anyone with mobility issues. The Haven Award is fantastic and we are now in the position to be able to make access to the water much easier and safer for a wider range of people. So a really big thank you to the Haven Academy from all Dover's dinghy sailors."
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, legendary yachtsman and head of Haven Academy Awards, a funding scheme for boating enthusiasts, added: "This is just what the Haven Academy set out to achieve - helping people with really worthwhile projects rather than simply rewarding past success.
"This funding will make a real difference to so many people and will ensure better and safer access to the water."
Dover Watersports Centre provides tuition, sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, power-boating and keel-boats, plus instructor training and shore-based courses.
For more information go to
http://www.doverwatersports.com.
POSTED: 26/04/2011 11:00:00
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