Sailing gave me back my confidence

Hengistbury Head Outdoor Education Centre has been sitting quietly on Christchurch Harbour since 1964, so quietly in fact that, until a sign was placed at the road entrance, even some locals didn’t know it was there. Who would know that thousands of people of all ages have passed through its doors learning to sail? Who would know that one of those people was me.

I was working as a lab technician at Highcliffe School in