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On Board

Get 500,000 into boats and 50,000 might stay

01 Oct 2006

If something isn't growing - it will probably be dying, says Peter Poland as OnBoard hopes to stem the decline in sailing and attract 50,000 new young sailors over the next decade

Hanging on for dear life, full pelt off Hayling Island

It was with considerable concern (and surprise) that - whilst wandering around the 2004 Southampton Boat Show - I learnt that the number of people (across all age groups) actually participating in the sport of sailing was not only not growing, it was beginning to shrink.

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