Kim Davies took up sailing after beginning to use a wheelchair having had a stroke in 2019.
Being part of a disability sailing programme after suffering a stroke has been "the most rewarding thing I have ever done", a woman has said.
Kim Davies, from Hindhead in Surrey, took up sailing after beginning to use a wheelchair having been hospitalised in 2019. Davies, who uses a specially adapted boat, is to take part in a 10-hour relay sailing event on Saturday, raising funds for the Samson Centre – a Surrey charity supporting people with Multiple Sclerosis .
Kim Davies uses a specially adapted boat Davies began sailing with Sailability, a programme which Frensham Pond Sailing Club runs to helps people with disabilities to get onto the water. The club has more than 30 boats and helps people to sail independently either for leisure or in racing events. The sailing club is to run a 10-hour sailing race on Saturday, with boats taking it in turns to sail in short stints between 09:00 BST and 19:00.
Chris Gay, of the sailing club, said: "It's a brilliant example of what Sailability is all about.
"We get people into the boats, and they can sail just like everyone else. It just levels the playing field. Pair winched to safety from listing sailing boatSir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos group is taking legal steps to secure the return of a boat used in the last America's Cup by Sir Ben Ainslie's team.
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