There was plenty to smile about at Cowes Sailability Club after Comic Relief awarded the charity a grant of £824 for new presentation equipment.

The three winners of Cowes Sailability Club’s Achievement Awards 2017 were announced during the annual Laying-up Supper and praised for helping to make the club a success.

People with disabilities on the Isle of Wight can enjoy sailing and boating with confidence, equipped with new life jackets purchased with a grant from the Postcode Community Trust.

The grant-making foundation WightAid has presented a cheque for £2,000 to Cowes Sailability Club to help fund a new patrol boat.

An excursion up the River Medina gave people with disabilities a chance to see the Isle of Wight from a whole new perspective, while enjoying the company of other club members.

Cowes Sailability Club members experienced the thrill of a day sailing in the Solent, on the 35-foot yacht The Spirit of Scott Bader.

Cowes Sailability Club provided free, accessible boating trips for disabled islanders and their families or carers during the Cowes Week regatta.

Ten people with early-onset dementia (aged 50 to 65 years) enjoyed a cruise down the River Medina with Cowes Sailabilty Club.

Cowes Sailability Club members participated in the world-renowned Round the Island Race, sailing 50 nautical miles in nine and a half hours.

Members and volunteers at Cowes Sailability Club were thrilled when a wild dolphin appeared in the water alongside their boats during a Monday afternoon cruise.

Retired care worker Zena Whiteside has abseiled down one of the tallest buildings in the UK to raise money for Cowes Sailability Club.

Six elderly residents of an island care home were among those who enjoyed a free trip down the River Medina during Riverfest 2017.