The young adults taking part in Around and Around are all between the ages of 12 and 15 and live in the area along the Solent coastline.

Their life experiences to date substantially limit their future opportunities and this project
aims to address those limiting factors. 22 young adults are involved with this first stage of
the project.

For many of the young crew, learning to sail has been a big part of the learning process. However it is the trust, responsibility, teamwork and self-confidence that develop along the way that will help them to turn around their chances in life. Also critical to their long-term development are the budgeting, provisioning, organisation, planning and

management skills that are vital to making any large-scale voyage such as this work.

Supporting them are the adult skippers and young adult co-skippers, all veterans of the successful Raymarine Lively Lady Project.

This group of young people is just the start of a long-term project. As each group 'graduates' they move on to become the mentors for the next group. As Lauren Harris, one of the original group of young adults and now a mentor to the new group said,