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Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Jellyfish Adventures around Briatin for FACT.



With a few weeks to go, FACT volunteers Mary Jeddere-Fisher and Becky Cross, departed Tollesbury on 12 June for a round Britain voyage to raise sponsorship for FACT's Bursary Fund - they are currently tied up in Penzance wet dock. You can follow their Jellyfish blog and the remainder of their voyage - or make a contribution to this worthwhile charity that gives youngsters, who otherwise couldn't afford to,  a chance to change their lives.  At 21 ft, the boat is a tight squeeze for the two intrepid sailors, at least in the dock their is no chance of them using a store pot as a mooring - bet Traz was impressed!

The Jellyfish boat is a Coribee, well known in adventure circles for its sea-keeping ability and sturdiness - as Ellen McArthur can testify.

 brand new wooden mast waiting for a boat.......
 with a closer look at the construction used in the building of hollow masts - unlike the solid examples aboard the luggers like the Ripple......

 one of the early Windcats, number 4.......
 a very patriotic Irish-Cornish affair.

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