ACF Staff Writer – Andrew Cassell Foundation

Crowdfunder giving

18/03/202216/02/2022 by ACF Staff Writer

You can also give easily by Crowdfunder.

ACF Dolphin in a downwind start: Give by other means

Other ways to give

16/01/202316/02/2022 by ACF Staff Writer

We have other ways to give including by bank transfer (BACS).

Sailing with Eddie

27/01/202202/11/2021 by ACF Staff Writer

Eddie has sailed with the Andrew Cassell Foundation for 3 years., He is an increasingly serious sailor, is completely blind and has a major hearing impairment. Somehow he manages to fit in full time work.

Resuming activity after lockdown

27/01/202210/04/2021 by ACF Staff Writer

Andrew Cassell Foundation are raring to go as public health restrictions lift to permit organised sport. Thursday was the first day of suitable wind and crew availability to we had to get the Sonar Spare Part out on the Solent for a shakedown. For this shakedown Spare Part was crewed by two participants – one … Read more

History of the Foundation

11/02/202214/02/2021 by ACF Staff Writer

Andy Cassell established the Andrew Cassell Foundation when he returned from the Atlanta Paralympics in 1996, having won a Gold Medal for sailing. He had spent a lifetime competing in able-bodied fleets before leading the first GB Paralympic sailing team and he was determined to give something back to a sport that he loved The … Read more

Three disabled sailors sit on the rail or a Sonar keelboat to balance her

The disability sailing ecosystem

27/01/202214/02/2021 by ACF Staff Writer

The Andrew Cassell Foundation enables individuals with physical disabilities and impairments to sail competitively on an equal level playing field with and against able bodied sailors, in an inclusive and equal environment in all classes. Part of this article is downloadable as a PDF briefing explaining the foundation’s special responsibility and place in the ecosystem … Read more

Steven Palmer: Case Study

03/02/202205/06/2020 by ACF Staff Writer

Steven began to learn to sail at 8 years old in a topper with the Sea Scouts. From this first experience his passion for sailing developed but the journey to becoming an inspiring sailor and race coach began after he lost his legs in 2010.

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover

27/01/202219/08/2019 by ACF Staff Writer

Through my school years I struggled with bullying and being reminded that I wasn’t normal,Sailing for me was my escape it was a way for me to be just like everybody else I could leave my disability on the shore.

Andrew Cassell’s Biography

27/01/202214/02/2018 by ACF Staff Writer

Andy was born without legs and deformed hips but this did not stop him becoming a top racing sailor with a career that has spanned 50 years. He was born in Sussex but moved as a small child to the Isle of Wight when his father became farm manager at Norris Castle, near Osborne House. … Read more

Andy’s Experience of the Notorious 1979 Fastnet Race

27/01/202214/02/2018 by ACF Staff Writer

At the time of the ‘79 Fastnet, I was spending some weekends testing new designs that Westerly Yachts were producing. That summer I had been testing the J30, the forerunner of the J29. This was a boat designed by Rod Johnson which was to be marketed as a racing yacht that could go ‘round the … Read more