Access Dinghy

The Access Dinghy, designed in Australia and now built in England, was designed specifically for the disabled sailor and proved an instant success. There are both two-handed and single-handed versions. For the sailor with less mobility the singlehander can be sailed with powered controls to the tiller and the mainsheet via a joystick or sailed manually like any other dinghy.

Access class website: http://www.accessdinghy.org

Access Open Meeting 2003

The Access open meeting organised by FPSC Sailability was held on May 7th 2003. There were three races sailed, the results were as follows.

2.2 Single-handed Access

1st. Rachel Morris (FPSC)
2nd. Ann Lewis (Coln Valley SC)
3rd. Tony Goodall (FPSC)
4th. Robin Penny (Wolvestone SC)
5th Geoff Gribbin (Rutland SC)

303 Two-handed Access

1st. Chris Atkins & Chris Ready (Wolvestone SC)
2nd. Eddie Pickering & Carol Shearer
3rd. Ken McKaffrey & Ken Butterfield (Snarkestone SC)
4th. Mike Kreindler & Andy Healey (FPSC)

303 Single-handed Access

1st. Peter Brisson (Whitefriars SC)
2nd. W. Mitchell (Rutland SC)