From Michelle Murphy, Lanarkshire, Scotland:

I was interested to read the December editorial about blind people sailing. I would like to learn to sail. I love water sports, especially canoeing. I have also done traditional canal boating, where I lived on a boat for a week. I enjoyed steering the boat and doing the logs. It sounds as if sailing could be a relaxing sport. I suffer from severe depression, and it might help me to relax.