Autumn Newsletter
Welcome to our quarterly newsletter, featuring all the latest activities and updates from Sailors Creek. Autumn has arrived and settled in, bringing a sense of calm to the creek. Fortunately for us all, the weather remains pleasant, fostering a productive atmosphere on the water.
A Big ‘Hello’ to our New Members
We would like to give a warm welcome to all of our new Members of Sailors Creek CIC. We know many of you will have been prompted to sign up having been to one of our events in Flushing and Falmouth where we were delighted to talk about the important work we are doing at Sailors Creek and our plans for the future. We sincerely hope that you will enjoy coming with us on our journey as we continue to regenerate the Creek and together with our Forest Garden create a beautiful place where people can engage directly with the natural environment.
Keep a lookout on our social media channels where we regularly post about the happenings at Sailors Creek on facebook and instagram ; upcoming events on our website here diary dates and news from our newsletters.
We want your stories! Whilst we continue to record the progress of the regeneration project, we are keen to gather the memories, history and tales of the Creek from before the project began. We will be happy to interview and record those who have memories or tales to tell, or you may have old photographs or want to write down your stories and we will be happy to receive these and collate them into a living history of the Creek.
Send your stories and memories to:
Directors Mark and Loz are off on Sabbatical.
Our directors, Mark and Loz, have embarked on an exciting sailing trip through the Caribbean circuit aboard their boat, Arro of Penryn. They plan to cross the Atlantic in December, visiting the Cape Verde Islands, cross the Caribbean Sea, and more adventures along the way. We wish them safe travels, fair winds, and plenty of rum, and we look forward to welcoming them back next year!
Keewaydin Progress Report
As you may know, there is a major effort underway at Sailors Creek to save the 1913 Lowestoft Sailing Trawler Keewaydin, which was in need of renovation after being neglected in the creek for some time. Headed by Spike Davies, this demanding project is nearing fruition and we wish him and his team all the best in their courageous endeavour. Thanks to the support of our members and the success of our crowdfunding efforts they have managed to secure the necessary materials and timber to continue through the winter and they hope to have the framing and hull planking finished early in the new year with a relaunch planned for sometime in late 2025.
Without all the generous support they have received this project would simply not be possible, so keep an eye out for more ways to help or get involved and for regular updates go to https://www.sailorscreekcic.org
Sailors Creek Update
Mark Cann on the progress of the regeneration of the Creek. The journey, he explained, has been one of perception and reputation alongside the physical effort of clearing the rubbish. When the project started Sailors Creek was an incredibly scary, unsafe, and unwelcoming place. Nothing has been easy, everything has been a struggle, and the project had a negative reputation with many people resenting the change that needed to happen. But … bit by bit, wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow with support of volunteers and the Directors 47 tonnes of rubbish has been removed in addition to the materials that have been repurposed such as fibreglass boats and scrap metal.
The Creek is now a completely different place to when the project started. It feels safe and welcoming. Birds and wildlife will be content to make their homes among the boats and the planned reed beds will further improve the look and attraction of the Creek. The Directors’ aims are for the project to be an exemplar in environmentally conscious regeneration, one that has a positive net impact on the environment. Now we need to spread the word about the progress, which is why he was delighted to accept a Cornwall Sustainability Award for the work at the Creek this year.
Welcome to our new Admin Assistant
We would like to give a warm welcome to our new Administration Support Assistant, Rufus Craze, who joined us in June this year after a thorough recruitment process and who will be bringing a wealth of expertise and knowledge to the role. He has taken over from Sarah Goodall who has served us with aplomb and stepped back to concentrate on her art degree. We would like to thank Sarah for her time and dedication and we wish her well in her future endeavours. Our admin team are contactable as always at sailorscreekinfo@gmail.com
Support our work
Thanks again to all our Members, Volunteers and supporters. Here’s the monthly reminder as to how you can get involved and support Sailors Creek
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