FreeSpirit

🧊 A BIG THANK YOU TO YETI 🧊

Watch this short clip — Ross Honey, at sea aboard Free Spirit, talking about the YETI coolers on board. 🎥👇

It might sound like a small thing. ☀️ Coolers. But on a boat that runs sessions for groups of all ages and abilities, sometimes for hours at a time, keeping food, water and medication at the right temperature isn't a luxury. It's safety. It's dignity. It's the standard every person who steps aboard deserves. 💙

YETI builds gear that holds up to real conditions. ⚓ The kind of gear you actually want on a working community boat — not just for show, but doing the job, every session, regardless of what the weather decides to do. ✅

To everyone at YETI who got behind this project: thank you. 🙏 You haven't just supplied coolers — you've helped us deliver Free Spirit the way she was meant to be delivered.

Watch Ross say it himself in the video above. 🎬

Drop a comment if you're a YETI fan — we know there are plenty of you. 👇

⚓ FREE SPIRIT IS OFFICIALLY ONLINE! ⚓

And who better to tell you than the man at the heart of it? 🎥 Watch Ross Honey deliver the news from sea — filmed aboard Free Spirit herself. 👆

🔗 www.freespirit.care

Everything you need to know is now in one place: 👇

✨ The story behind the boat
🚤 What Free Spirit does and who she's for
👥 The people who made her possible
💙 How to get involved, support the project, or come aboard

Free Spirit was built on the idea that the ocean belongs to everyone — people of all ages, all abilities. The new website is our way of making that easier to share. 🌊

Hit play to hear it from Ross, then head to www.freespirit.care and have a proper look around. 🙌

Drop your thoughts in the comments. And please share with anyone who needs to see this. 👇

📡 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗢 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗢 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗣 📡

𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 — 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 — 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵. 🎥👇

𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱:
🚤 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺
📡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗿
💧 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗺𝗽
⚡ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴
🔧 ...𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀

𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵. 🌊 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 — 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 👥 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 "𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘺" 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 — 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮.

𝗧𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲: 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 🙏 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁. 🎯

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆. 🙌

𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 — 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗿𝗮𝗱. 💬👇

🎬 HELP US TURN FREE SPIRIT INTO A FLOATING CLASSROOM 🎬

Free Spirit isn’t just a community boat for getting people on the water. She’s designed to do more.

With the GPS lock anchor holding her steady in the harbour, and her deck laid out to seat up to 24 people in rows of 8, Free Spirit becomes a place where talks happen. 🗣️

🌱 Environmental education for school groups
💪 Motivational talks for young adults
🐟 Conservation briefings using the lake/harbour itself as the example
🎓 Mentorship sessions and career discussions
🎯 Anything where 24 people, on a boat, with a great speaker, can change a day or a direction

To do any of it properly — to do it the way the people on board deserve — we need one more piece of kit:

🖥️ A fitted on-board monitor.

That’s what we’re asking for help with.

A monitor unlocks visual learning, slides for talks, live footage from beneath the boat, real charts, real data, real-time examples — and it makes Free Spirit work for visual learners and neurodiverse audiences in a way that words alone never quite manage.

🆘 Three ways you can help right now:

✅ Donate — Message Us 🔗
✅ Share this post — reach matters as much as money
✅ Tag a business that might want to come on board as a supporter

If you’re an organisation with the kit, the skill, or the budget to help fit a monitor on Free Spirit, drop us a message. We’d love to talk. 💬

Watch the short video below — you’ll see exactly the space we’re fitting it into, and the rows of seats waiting for the audience that monitor will serve.

Thank you, every one of you. 💙

⚓ HOW DO YOU HOLD A BOAT STILL WITHOUT DROPPING AN ANCHOR? ⚓

Watch this short clip and let Ross Honey the inspiration behind Free Spirit show you. 🎥👇

It’s called a Sky hook. A virtual anchor. The boat holds an exact position against tide and wind no chain on the seabed, no drift, no disturbance to whatever’s living below. 🌊

Why does this matter for a community boat?

Because Free Spirit isn’t just out there for the ride. 💙

✅ When we’re running a talk in the harbour, the boat needs to stay still
✅ When we’re assisting an angler at an event, the deck needs to be steady
✅ When someone who needs a stable footing comes on board, the boat can’t be drifting
✅ And when we’re sitting over protected ground, we cannot be dragging metal across it

SkyHook from Mercury makes all of it possible.

Conservation and capability in the same piece of kit — that’s the kind of thinking that built this boat. 🛠️

Watch Ross’s short explainer in the video below. Drop a question in the comments and we’ll come back to it.

🚢 A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO BRITTANY FERRIES 🚢

You’re looking at Free Spirit in Portsmouth Harbour. 💙

She was built in Spain.

The reason she’s here — the reason any of this is happening — is Brittany Ferries.

Transporting a boat across the sea is a serious operation. Brittany Ferries didn’t just take the contract; they got behind the project. They saw what Free Spirit was going to do for people of all ages and abilities, and they stepped in to make the journey possible. And they’re committed to continuing that support as the project grows. 🙌

That’s the kind of partnership that keeps grassroots community projects alive. Not a press release. Not a logo on a wall. Real, practical, “we’ll-help-you-get-her-there” support. ⚓

Without Brittany Ferries, the boat in this short video would still be in Spain.

To the team at Brittany Ferries — from everyone involved with Free Spirit — thank you. 👏👏👏

Watch the clip below and you’ll see exactly what your support has made possible.

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