In summer of 2025, we were contacted by the BBC to ask if they could interview us for a future edition of the highly popular television programme, 'Escape to the Country'. Needless to say, we were delighted to oblige and duly attended the interview which was conducted on our lovely yacht “DSA Freedom” at our moorings in Torquay Town Dock. Our understanding of their interest in the DSA is that they wanted to portray Torbay as an inclusive community, and we were just one of the many examples across the Bay.

Some months went by before had  email from the BBC confirming that we would be included in the programme to be broadcast on Tuesday 24 March, 2026 on BBC1 at 3:00pm.

We are very excited about this as the programme is broadcast both locally and nationwide and therefore will reach many communities and individuals who may benefit from the opportunity to sail with us. Over the years we have taken out hundreds of our disabled members, mainly from around the Bay but others who travel the length and breadth of the country to sail with us. In fact, the programme features two of our members who live in Manchester but sail with us every year when visiting Torbay.

A clip from the programme  can be seen below:

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