Social Sailing with Down Syndrome WA and Sailability WA

People with Down syndrome are invited to join us for a morning sail in our accessible keelboats. This is joint event with Down Syndrome WA peer support and Sailability WA. We will have 3 accessible keelboats available for participants to try out sailing! Not sure what a keelboat is, all OK we will show you.

All our volunteers are experienced sailors willing to help people with disabilities give sailing a go.

Not sure you have enough sailing experience? All OK, you just need to be willing to give sailing a try supported by volunteers with sailing experience.

Please let us know what support you require to safely get into and around a boat, and if you will be attending this event with a support person.

When you arrive by 09:30AM and find your way to the dinghy division area to check in/ sign in with Sailability WA.

- youth group 1- Sail between 10AM- 11AM - then have morning tea

- youth group 2- Sail between 11AM- 12PM- morning tea and chat before sailing

- Meet your volunteer skipper and crew to go on your sailing adventure! and learn about wind awareness, and on water safety before embarking on your sailing boat.

- Your volunteer skipper or crew will introduce you to the boat you will be sailing in, and provide some assistance to embark.

- When you are on your way, your skipper and crew will explain the basics of how to make your boat sail on 'different points of sail'. You can join in and help to make the boat sail as much as you want to by trying out trimming sails and steering the boat.

Refund Policy

You can cancel your own ticket 12 hours before the event begins on each sailing date. Please let us know by text if you are not going to make it on any sailing day. Our organisation is run by volunteers, and for safety reasons we need experienced volunteers to be rostered on for each sailing date.