{"id":559,"date":"2018-10-18T06:33:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T06:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/?p=559"},"modified":"2018-10-18T06:33:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T06:33:12","slug":"kate-whyatt-gbr-sailing-captain-of-frensham-pond-sailability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"Kate Whyatt &#8211; GBR &#8211; Sailing Captain of Frensham Pond Sailability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-19-e1539837426922.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-560 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-19-e1539837426922-224x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-19-e1539837426922-224x300.jpeg 224w, https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-19-e1539837426922-768x1028.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-19-e1539837426922-765x1024.jpeg 765w, https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-19-e1539837426922.jpeg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>My first experience with Sailability &#8211; I first became aware of the Hansa boats, on a Thursday in 2014, as I was driving past Frensham Pond. Two weeks later I went in and investigated the set up. I said &#8220;Wow&#8221; and started volunteering. Because I already sailed, I was able to buddy within the first three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>When I can help the sailor to hold the joystick and control the direction of the boat it gives me a real sense of satisfaction and warmth. As a volunteer it is seeing the pleasure on the faces of the sailors when they come back from sailing, especially someone has managed to sail solo for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoy being around an event like this because it enables people to fulfill their dreams. It is the camaraderie which ensues as part of this event that I like. I am getting to know personalities of all the sailors I meet.<\/p>\n<p>When I go home I will remember the friendliness, smiles, kindness and respect the Japanese people have shown us. Also the sight of all the people out on the water.<\/p>\n<p>If I could take anyone in the world sailing with me it would be my daughter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first experience with Sailability &#8211; I first became aware of the Hansa boats, on a Thursday in 2014, as I was driving past Frensham Pond. Two weeks later I went in and investigated the set up. I said &#8220;Wow&#8221; and started volunteering. Because I already sailed, I was able to buddy within the first &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/?p=559\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Kate Whyatt &#8211; GBR &#8211; Sailing Captain of Frensham Pond Sailability&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.s4e.org\/2018hansaworlds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}