Datchet Water hosts successful marine CSI Challenge
The Green Blue team 'pushes the boat out' with interactive
fun and learning
Datchet Water Sailing Club successfully hosted The Green Blue’s
interactive Marine CSI Challenge over the May 15-16 weekend to
become the first sailing club in the UK to run the brand new
environmental educational resource.
Marine CSI cases cracked!
Young sailors donned their detective hats to undertake
fingerprint analysis, unscrambling puzzles and performing chemical
tests to crack the Marine CSI Sailing Club Challenge.
The four CSI cases involved an oil spill on a slipway, marine
littering, chemicals poured into the water, and non-native invaders
spreading into Paradise Harbour – The Green Blue’s fictional crime
scene.
To discover who spilt oil on the slipway, the fledgling
detectives had to match a fingerprint on an overturned oil can
suspected to be the source of the spill with fingerprints taken
from six identified suspects to find the culprit.
Participants also had to spot items of litter hidden in
photographs taken on board the suspects’ boats to identify who had
let the most amount of litter blow overboard into the harbour.
With Thames Water also present during the day to promote water
efficiency, it was a good opportunity to promote Check Clean Dry as
part of the invasive non-native species challenge where
participants had to identify different coastal and freshwater
species. With the Quagga Mussel recently found in a number of
locations in the Thames region it was a great opportunity to talk
to sailors about the importance of the Check Clean Dry routine to
minimise the spread of the species to other water bodies.
Pushing the boat out!
Gabrielle Boase, the General Manager and Club Principal at
Datchet Water Sailing Club, was delighted with the scheme’s
success. She explained: “We were thrilled to join forces with The
Green Blue and proud to pilot the brand new Marine CSI Club
Challenge. We welcomed over 160 visitors to
the sailing club for this year's RYA Push the Boat Out initiative –
and the younger visitors especially enjoyed trying to solve the
four mysteries.
“We are fundamentally a green sport and we operate a green
clubhouse at Datchet Water. Spreading the word about environmental
impact and sustainability with our younger sailors and newcomers to
the sport is helping to keep our waters clean and safe. Engaging
with them also creates a long-lasting impact for the Club by
helping to ensure even more people make sailing part of their
future.”
Jane Swan, The Green Blue Project Manager, added: “The Marine
CSI Challenge is designed to increase awareness amongst younger
sailors of the impact that boating can have on the environment in a
fun and engaging way and to advise all recreational boaters on how
they can help keep our waters in good shape for current and future
generations to sail in.”
If your sailing club is looking for a fun, interactive and
informative activity to engage your young sailors please contact
Kate
Fortnam, The Greens Blue’s Environmental Outreach Officer, on
023 8060 4227 to get your Crime Scene Investigation up and
running.
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