Pre-Start
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| 18/06/08 | Padiwak is now
completely finished and ready to go, we are itching to get going
especially as the weather has been good. Only 3 days left
now! |
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| 03/06/08 | GCSEs are nearing the
end and with only 7 exams left the start of the trip is not far
away. I am hoping to leave Ramsgate on the 21st of June (weather
dependant). The next two stops will be Harwich and then
Lowestoft, if you see the boat please come down and say hello.
Fingers are now permanently crossed for good weather!! |
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| 01/06/08 |
Yesterday was the 100th Medway Barge match on the River Medway,
I had sailed Padiwak to Chatham the night before and the next
day dawned rather disappointingly windless but there was still a
good turn out with the river packed with spectator boats. It was
a great to see all of the barges together, for more information
please look at;
www.medwaybargematch.co.uk |
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| 16/03/08 |
An American supper quiz night event was held on the 15th of March at Hampton Primary School in Herne Bay. The event was kindly organised by Hampton Pier Yacht Club members and hosted by the school. We had an excellent turn out with well over 150 people attending. With lots of kind donations from local businesses we had a large array of raffle prizes. Altogether we raised £1655.00 all of which will go to charity. This is a fantastic amount and I would like to thank everyone for coming, for the donation of raffle prizes but mainly to Lee and Ann Gannon for organising the event. To see some photos from the evening have a look in the Events Gallery here Click Here
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| 14/03/08 |
I was kindly offered to participate in a Day Skipper course run
by the Sea Cadets on their Tradewind 35, TS Vigilant. We had
an excellent weeks sailing around the Solent despite some not very nice
weather. A special thanks to Mike Ablett (skipper) and the Sea Cadet
Offshore section for allowing me to take part. For more information on
the sea cadets please visit:
http://seacadets.ms-sc.org/ |
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| 06/02/08 | I presented
Sail-the-dream to Hill Head SC in Hampshire, it is the club
which the previous owner of Padiwak sails at. The boat is quite
well known at the club so it was good to inform the club members
of what she is doing. There was a good turn out and all of the
sponsorship forms went! I will be stopping off at the club
during the trip, Hill Head SC website is;
www.hillheadsc.org.uk |
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