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Catherine Dobson, who has been a member of the club since 1990
“When you’re sailing, you’re focused on the activity, so it’s a good escape as well as being an interesting pastime and a good way to form a new social group.
“When my children were little, we decided to learn to sail because it was a safer alternative to mountain climbing and bike touring, which is what we usually did,” adds Catherine, who is in her 60s and lives in East Lancashire. “Eventually, we got into it and started doing more advanced sailing and ended up buying and refurbishing a boat 15 years ago.