Julian a true sailor like wot you lot are

[sailorman]

Can you spare a few £s to help a true british sailor

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthrea...toe-s-repoet-into-the-loss-of-Harrier-of-Down

 

[sailorman]

 

[jerrytug]

Done

 

[Gargleblaster]

Should we have started a similar sort of fund when:
Nick Bareham lost Tahiti Belle when returning from the JAC 2008;
Andy Lane lost Amadeus halfway across the North Atlantic in JC 2010; and
Alan Rees lost Argus and unfortunately died in his life raft while returning from La Corunna in 2011?

 

[jerrytug]

Should we have started a similar sort of fund when:
Nick Bareham lost Tahiti Belle when returning from the JAC 2008;
Andy Lane lost Amadeus halfway across the North Atlantic in JC 2010; and
Alan Rees lost Argus and unfortunately died in his life raft while returning from La Corunna in 2011?

Good point, yes we should.

 

[Gargleblaster]

And of course I left out -
Alex Fedoruk in Fason his home built modified dragon which he even manufactured the bronze screws for. Having lost the mast approaching the US in 2008 for which a replacement was found by George Pike in Newport, he lost Fason by being driven onto rocks returning from the 2010 Jester Challenge in the Gulf of Finland in a severe gale. Alexei of course being undaunted is building a new boat in his home town of Novgorod and even would like to enter the Golden Globe Challenge in 2018 if Fason II is finished.

 

[Triassic]

Without wishing to detract in any way from the other sad events you mention I think you need to look a little bit deeper than the incident itself. The loss of a boat is always tragic however for some people it might be easier to recover from than others. Harrier of Down was, as I understand it, Julians home and represented all he had. I'd like to think the sailing community would want to help in such circumstance.

 

[sailorman]

Without wishing to detract in any way from the other sad events you mention I think you need to look a little bit deeper than the incident itself. The loss of a boat is always tragic however for some people it might be easier to recover from than others. Harrier of Down was, as I understand it, Julians home and represented all he had. I'd like to think the sailing community would want to help in such circumstance.

Here here
Julian is a Jester in that ,he just quietly goes & does his sailing, no fanfares no sponsorship, just does it.