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Our Commitment

Care For The Lagoon

Borrowed water. Returned better.

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Recycled materials

Our racing buoys are built from recycled plastic bottles, repurposed line and salvaged ballast. Nothing new bought when something old will do.

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No seabed damage

Buoys are weighted, not anchored. No drilling, no driving, no permanent fixtures left behind.

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No motors, no fuel

Every yacht is sail-powered. Zero emissions, zero spills, zero noise for wildlife or neighbours.

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Wildlife-aware

Sessions pause when birds nest or feed in the racing area. The wind keeps blowing โ€” we'll come back.

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Pack it in, pack it out

Every session ends with a sweep of the shoreline. We leave the lagoon cleaner than we found it.

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Educates the next crew

We teach kids about wind, water, plastic and ecology โ€” sailing is the hook, stewardship is the catch.

The Recycled Buoy Project

Every racing mark on the lagoon began life as a plastic bottle bound for landfill. Our volunteers cap, weigh and paint each buoy before deployment. It's a small idea with a big ripple โ€” fewer bottles in the sea, more kids learning what 'circular' really means.