The clocks have gone back, the sailing season’s nearly over. Boleh’s 2020 programme, so exciting at the start, has been darkened and disrupted by COVID-19. But, despite this, the ‘can-do’ spirit has helped our volunteers and Halcyon partners make something of the year. Boleh passed her major 5-year MCA survey, was commissioned for a limited Covid-compliant sailing programme, trained new Skippers and crews, gained new volunteers and made important contacts with ‘client’ organisations for 2021.
Now we are looking ahead. Firstly, to Boleh’s winter maintenance where some upgrades are planned, and then to a sailing programme next year free from restrictions. Boleh, with her ‘can-do’ history of challenges confronted and overcome, is standing by to provide an antidote to people’s 2020 experiences of isolation and deprivation. So our hope is that 2021 will see plenty of young people enjoying sunshine and sea breezes onboard Boleh – as in this picture of pupils from All Saints School, Weymouth in happier times.
