We are planning a Sailing Weekend for the Summer of 2010 and we'd like to invite all the PALs and Gospellers to come.

Fellowship Afloat is Christian Sailing and Outdoor activity centre in Essex on the beautiful Blackwater Estuary near Maldon. It's based on a restored lightship moored in the saltmarshes and, yes, at high tide you do get cut off from the mainland!

We've been there a number of times and are always excited about this special place. For those that are into outdoor activities the dinghy sailing is just fantastic. For those that aren't so keen the staff are also very good at making sure you always feel safe and secure or just have an easy option! It's also a great time to gel and get to know each other. Being a Christian centre there's always a few minutes to have a think about our faith as well.

The likely format will be to travel down on Friday 18th June, arriving for 8pm just in time to explore the Lightship, sailing on Saturday and then an evening activity. Sailing on Sun morning and departing around 4pm to get back to Redbourn for 6(ish)pm.

The first stage is to see who's interested and willing to put down a deposit of £25. The Lightship can take between 25 and 36 people. We expect the total fee to be slightly more than £87 plus any travel costs.

To reserve your place on this exciting trip we need you to fill in this form and send us your deposit.

Please click here to fill in the form, after you press submit you'll see the address to send your cheque to.

If you have any questions please just email Sandra Cresswell