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Fastnet Race, Cowes Week, bathing suits, sand castles, ice creams and deckchairs, so do you really think the Visa-gb bods have been sitting about? No sir, we’ve no time for such luxuries! It’s noses to the winch, splices to the main brace and all go in our preparation for the late August trip to promote […]

It’s official, Blind Week beats the Blues. The sun shone, the wind blew, the sea was flat and the smiles were beaming. The recipe was right and the proportions spot on as Blind Week 2019 hit Lymington town, we were there with four yachts as a part of the twenty two strong fleet of boats […]

It’s official, Blind Week beats the Blues. The sun shone, the wind blew, the sea was flat and the smiles were beaming. The recipe was right and the proportions spot on as Blind Week 2019 hit Lymington town, we were there with four yachts as a part of the twenty two strong fleet of boats […]

It’s flaming June and the heat is on so sit back read and relax! First of all dear readers is the breaking news about changes in the captaincy of Visa-gb, your jaws will be dropping and eyebrows rising as you hear that Colin Fowler has completed his watch at the helm of the good ship […]

Hot off the press is the news that Visa-gb have, in partnership with the organisers of Blind Week, chartered another boat for this years festival of Visually Impaired Sailing in July 2019. We’ve bagged a Beneteau 37 from Four Seasons in Gosport giving us a fleet of four yachts in this years event.  Yes that’s […]

Yes it’s that time again, we think of sun and the sea and of course the biggest event in the Visually Impaired sailing calendar – Blind Week! After last years excellent event in Cornwall which saw the plucky VISA-GB crew onboard the good ship Hope plough the seas from the Solent to Falmouth,  we’re back […]

UKSA have confirmed that we can have a boat for a week in sunny November, so pack the fish fingers, pull on the thermals and slap on the sunny and join us for the trip 11/11/18 to 18/11/18. First come first served so track down Mr Fowler and get yourself a berth, the Solent can […]

Thanks to Lofty Sims hard work we’re delighted to hear that Tesco’s across Dorset, Devon & Cornwall are helping our Blind & Visually Impaired sailors take part in Blind Week 2018. Across 5 stores in Weymouth, Lyme Regis, Exemouth, Plymouth, Falmouth there will be the chance to drop a token into the Visa-gb bucket and […]

We are delighted to announce that we will have one yacht in this years Blind Sailing Week hosted in Falmouth by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club. We’re doing things the Visa way! So the one week event is a three week sailing odyssey for us!  We pick up our boat in the Solent a week […]