#daftyinarafty in aid of Sail4Cancer after J.P. Morgan Round The Island Race
by Geoff Gritton 15 May 2014 11:45 BST
21-22 June 2013
#daftyinarafty © Geoff Gritton
After competing in the 2014 J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round The Island Race in his Quarter Tonner Panic, the owner Geoff Gritton is proposing to jump straight in to a life raft and stay in it until noon on the 22nd June. So he can expect to be in it for about 20 hours.
The life raft will be in Cowes Yacht Haven and Geoff will be raising money for Sail4Cancer. There is a pledge sports page being started in a few days time.
The facebook page is daftyinarafty and hashtag is #daftyinarafty.
It is hoped that the Cowes Yacht Haven webcam can be pointed at the raft and then snap shots during the time can be taken.
For the weight conscious amongst the many races there will be Sail4Cancer collection buckets at the entrances to the pontoon walkways and crews can put their coins to these buckets, so the weight wary skippers can feel happy that they have light crews.
Sail4Cancer already has nearly £500.00 in pledges and Spinlock, A-Glaze and English Braids are giving product that will be auctioned during the event.
Pledgesports have waived their fee and are being very proactive with this project. You can visit the page at www.pledgesports.org/projects/daftyinarafty
If you are in Cowes Yacht Haven then stop on by for a biscuit and a chat.