Seafarers Sailing Club

The Seafarers Club was founded by a Lee-on-Solent resident who had completed a 15-year career in the Royal Navy. When he read of the death by drowning of two boys who were enjoying a day's fishing he asked "How could this happen?". It was a sunny, calm day in the summer of 1961 and the only reason why such an accident should occur was lack of knowledge of behavior in a boat. Because of his experience of the dangers of the sea gained during his Naval career when dinghy sailing in various seaports,... more