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World Sailing Trust
announces partnership with Borrow A Boat
The
World Sailing Trust, the charitable arm of World Sailing, the
international federation of the sport, has announced a charity funding
partnership with the UK’s leading and fastest growing boat charter
platform Borrow A Boat for 2020.
Borrow A Boat is the definitive marketplace for boat charter worldwide
featuring peer-to-peer listings. Setup in 2016 by boat enthusiasts, it
is currently listing over 20,000 boats in around 80 countries.
With Borrow A Boat’s focus on accessibility of boating, and their
belief in spreading the awareness and tools on how to better protect
the oceans, this was an ideal partnership to achieve our joint visions.
This partnership was solidified after a successful project with Borrow
A Boat during the Southampton International Boat Show on Ocean
Solutions Day. During this event and throughout the week, Borrow A Boat
encouraged youth who visited their stand on site to sign an
environmental pledge for the World Sailing Trust’s Ocean Heroes
project.
Borrow a Boat’s main objectives with the World Sailing Trust for 2020
will be to develop sustainable charter guidelines for both charterers
and boat owners/charter operators. This will outline ways in which to
reduce any environmental impacts before, during, and after a charter
holiday. They will also develop an online resource for boat owners to
check how environmentally friendly they currently are, and what they
could improve on the path to being more sustainable. This will be
widely shared by the World Sailing Trust and Borrow A Boat across all
channels, just in time for summer 2020.
World Sailing Trust Chair, Dee Caffari, commented: "Borrow A Boat
share our vision to preserve the waters that our sport is dependent on
and to make the sport accessible for all. We are delighted to partner
with Borrow A Boat and look forward to making a positive impact."
Borrow A Boat CEO Matt Ovenden commented: "There is really very
strong alignment in the aims of the World Sailing Trust and Borrow A
Boat - with a background in sustainability myself, I’m delighted to be
partnering with the World Sailing Trust on safeguarding our oceans as
well the aims of improving access to boating and encouraging youth
participation which are core to Borrow A Boat’s mission."
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