Scottish-based sailing charity able2sail launches its 3 LightHouse Challenge

A team of challengers are gearing up for a 700-plus mile sail and cycle in aid of one of Scotland's charities for the disabled. The 3 LightHouse Challenge has been launched by able2sail. It will start from The Lighthouse in Glasgow on Friday 23 May 2014. Six volunteers will endeavour to cycle and sail more than 1,141km of Scotland's most dramatic landscapes and sailing waters. In six days the team aim to cycle to Oban, set sail on able2sail, the charity's own yacht for the sail and cycle round the Outer Hebrides, before returning to Oban and cycling back to Glasgow. The 3 Lighthouse Challenge is a key fundraiser for the charity, which last year took more than 130 clients, friends and carers out sailing on the Clyde and the waters of Argyll. All the opportunities able2sail provides to the disabled community are free of charge by a committed group of volunteers. Charity chairman Gerry Campbell said: 'Sailing truly enables people to be free of their disabilities. With us they are part of the team and the crew, irrespective of their disability or sailing experience.' How will the challenge work? For the sailing legs, the team of six will be joined by one of the charity's expert skippers and members of crew. Throughout the land parts of the challenge, a small support team will provide safety cover, help with punctures etc and of course provide the much needed snacks and warm cups of tea. A yacht delivery team will take able2sail from her home port at Kip Marina to Oban for the start of the sailing aspects of this fundraising adventure. Find out more about the 3 Lighthouse Challenge and how to sponsor the team at www.able2sail.org.uk