Lizzy Foreman is building up to the Mini Transat 2015
by Peta Stuart-Hunt 13 Jun 2014 08:18 BST
12 June 2014
Lizzy Foreman sailing 'Hudson Wight' ©
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One of the bright new talents on the British solo offshore sailing scene, Lizzy Foreman, from Worcester Park in Surrey, will spend her 24th birthday heading round the Isle of Wight in the annual J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race on her Mini 6.50, a racing boat that's a mere 21ft long.
Lizzy will be sailing her boat 'Hudson Wight', Hull 633, from France arriving back in Cowes at around midday on Wed 18th June. The boat will be moored on the inside of Trinity Landing in Cowes courtesy of the Royal London YC from next Wednesday and Lizzy will be in Cowes to meet the press and take some out for a sail.
On Saturday 21st June, Lizzy will set off in the first of the class starts at 0630 accompanied by Jamie Scrimgeour, Managing Director of Cowes-based Hudson Wight Performance Sailwear (Lizzy's title sponsor), and Jill Stevenson, Sailing Secretary of the Royal London Yacht Club, also in Cowes.
Meanwhile, Lizzy has set off this afternoon on a two-day solo race in France - Trophee MAP - and you can read her pre-race blog.
Lizzy goes solo again for a final big one this year, the 2,600nm Les Sables - Azores - Les Sables race in July, as further preparation for her epic solo crossing of the Atlantic next Autumn in the Mini Transat 2015.
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