SAILING NEWS
News 14
Stylish sailing calendar puts good cause in the picture
Make a date
for charity
SAIL 4 Cancer have announced their latest producing a calendar to help raise funds for the char-
fund–raising initiative to help improve the quality of ity, she thought it was “a brilliant idea, as sailing
life for people living with cancer: a prestigious and imagery is a wonderful window into the beauty of
unique calendar featuring the work of renowned sailing.”
marine sports photographer, Kos. Kos has great sympathy for the cause as her
Kos first came to notice whilst she was still a family have battled with cancer over a number of
student when she climbed a square rigger mast for a generations.
bet during the London Boat Show. She saw what a Sail 4 Cancer raise money not only for cancer
great picture it would make and went back for her treatment and research, but also to try and help
camera. improve the quality of life for those living with
The Daily Express picked up on it and her picture cancer.
made the papers the next day. This last aim is achieved mainly through offering
Her commitment to – and fame for – taking shots sailing opportunities to cancer patients and their
from new and unusual angles, whatever the danger, families, an idea that Kos appreciates fully. “Sailing
has continued from that moment onwards. is an excellent way to help you rejuvenate health and
Shooting from such tricky places as mastheads, vitality by helping you focus on the qualities of life,
powerboats, helicopters and on horseback, Kos’s fresh air and space of the oceans.”
huge repertoire of sporting photography includes The calendar itself is a highly prestigious publica-
being official photographer for America’s Cup tion, which would make an especially great present
teams, Whitbread Campaigns, the McLaren Formula for any sailing enthusiast. All profits will go straight
1 Team, the J&B White Water Rafting to the charity.
Championships and the European Horseball To learn more, and to order this unique limited
Championships. edition calendar, please click onto the website at
When Sail 4 Cancer approached Kos with view to www.4cancer.org or call 0845 408 1849.
Master class from the Finn crews
MENGEHAM Rythe Sailing Club order for the first three places. time from Adrian Brunton, Howard
on Hayling Island held the UK Finn Saturday dawned bright and warm Sellars and Graham Page. Adrian
Masters Championship on 14th, but as the wind rarely reached force proved quicker downwind and took
15th and 16th September with 2 the fleet sailed a windward-lee- first from Andrew.
the 26 Masters joined by ward course. With a falling breeze, the third
seven “younger” Finn sailors on The majority of the fleet headed race was postponed to the follow-
the Saturday and Sunday for a out to sea, but newly arrived Tim ing day when stronger wind was
combined event. Carver kept inshore with Graeme expected.
Friday saw ideal conditions for Macdonald, Andrew Mills, John On the Sunday, with the wind at
Masters – a good force 3 providing Greenwood and Dave Potter. force 5-6 and three races sched-
planing conditions and waves over Tim went further east than any- uled, the windward leg was set at
a triangular course. body and rounded ahead followed 0.8 mile enabling three 45 minute
John Greenwood and Adrian
JUST CHAMPION: (From left) Richard Hart, Tony Locke, Adrian
by Alan, Graeme, John and Dave. sprint races resulting in some
Brunton lead the first beat from
Brunton, John Greenwood, Tim Carver, Andrew Mills, Graeme
Andrew rounded first at the end of exciting sailing with the boats surf-
Martin Hughes, John De Leeuw
Macdonald, Keith Fedi and Martin Hughes
the run followed by Tim at the west ing the waves downwind at seem-
and Neil Robinson. Burrell, both of them showing the places on the line to Graham Page of the gate and Graeme to the east. ingly impossible angles to the
By the end of the reaches downwind speed of the B4. and Dave Potter, with Alan The second race was sailed in an wind.
Graeme Macdonald had moved However Graeme could not main- Burrell finishing third behind John equally fitful breeze. For full results log on to
into third spot ahead of Alan tain his speed upwind and lost two and Adrian. Race 2 saw the same Andrew again took the lead this www.mengeham.org.uk .
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