Trust in the water
When the rain lifts it’s like the curtains rising on the stage set.”
Kerry McMillian isn’t about to lay claim to coming up with that picture-perfect description of the Firth of Clyde herself. That accolade sits squarely with one of the Trust’s skippers, Marc, who knows every corner of the Clyde better than most.
But for Kerry, who is in her fifth year of running the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust’s operations in Scotland, there is no better way of explaining why the Firth of Clyde presents the perfect cruising ground for young people recovering from cancer.
“The one thing we hear more than anything from young people who come sailing here is just how beautiful it is. It’s so unexpected for most of them. It feels remote, it feels a bit like a wilderness, it feels adventurous.
“For many of them it’s the first time they have experienced adventure since they were on treatment, so it can feel enlivening to be out there.”
The Trust, which has its HQ in Cowes, has been taking young people sailing on Scotland’s west coast since opening its northern base
