Grundtvig - Archimedes

Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-GB2-GRU13-05561
Venue: Brighton Sailing Club Date of the Workshop: 14/11/2011 - 25/11/2011
Budget boat maintenance – learning the essentials
Subject area: Environment / sustainable development
Learning opportunities for people at risk of social marginalisation
Physical education and sport
Working language(s): EN
Target Group + Translation:
The target group includes people on low incomes and those identified as part of a vulnerable social
group e.g. single parents, ex-offenders, travellers, people living in isolated rural areas, long-term
unemployed and people lacking in formal qualifications
Main activities Programme + Programme translation:
The Workshop will have a daily theme, with each theme being introduced by an expert who will go
through some basic concepts and then show learners some practical techniques. At least half of each
day will involve hands-on practice. The themes to be covered are: hulls – design, manufacture and
maintenance; engines and fuel systems; sail care and repair; electrical systems, including wind,
solar and tidal generators; storing and growing food on board a boat; low-cost navigational
equipment, do-it-yourself projects to set up budget navigational systems; safety overview.
Workshop Organiser:
Contact details:
Sail Boat Project CIC
130 Hollingbury Park Avenue
BN1 7JP Brighton
GB-UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: sailboatproject@post.com
www.sailboatproject.org
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