This year we have raised £344 for the John Merricks Sailing Trust. The girls were on hand all weekend to give racing commentary, design advice and challenge each other to match racing.
All the kids paid a £1 donation and collected a pack containing boat building materials to design and make the fastest miniature boat for high performance match racing along the blow boat canals. Racing was close, and exciting - there were capsizes, pitch-poles and groundings!
Some of the designs may well be seen in future big boat racing…… Kaz did a sterling job on the microphone rallying the crowds and encouraging the kids to have a go. Lisa, Tatiane and Emilie gave coaching tips and encouragement to the racers.
The Blow Boat Regatta played host to 172 children making and racing their boats and raised £172 for the John Merricks Sailing Trust. Holt have matched this amount and will be donating £344 to the charity.
The John Merricks Sailing Trust has been in operation for over 10 years and has helped many young sailors and youth sailing organisations to achieve their goals. The charitable trust was set up by those closest to John to do some good in his name and further the memory of such a remarkable person. Many people gained from all that John gave and many also helped John to achieve all that he did in such a short time. Indeed if it were not for this help John may have fallen short of his aspirations.
The Trust’s aim is to provide help to those young people who display similar drive, talent and commitment to sailing as John, but who perhaps themselves need support to set them on their way to fulfilling their dreams.
For more information about the JMST, visit the website at www.jmst.org.uk The Online Blow Boat Challenge Holt now have an online version of the Blow Boat Challenge , available to play from the home page of our website www.holt.eu – so have a go.... and you can build, race and practice for next year´s Blow Boat Challenge at the RYA Dinghy Sailing Show!
A great time was had by all at the 2008 HOLT Blow Boat Challenge. The RYA Dinghy Sailing Show was an exciting and busy show this year.
Many thanks to Kaz, Lisa, Tatiane and Emilie, who hosted the Blow Boat Challenge event so successfully!! And a special thanks to all the children (and some parents!) who got involved this year!
14/03/2008
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