AYRS Zoom Meeting

For our December Zoom meeting Andrew Bedwell will tell us about his ‘Big C Atalantic Challenge’ – aiming to gain the record for crossing the Atlantic in the smallest ever boat and to support the Cancer Research UK charity in doing so. You can find more about Andrew’s BigC Atalantic Challenge at his Facebook page:Facebook Page

Andrew has put a lot of thought, and indeed research, into preparing the vessel, his supplies and himself for the attempt. His tiny boat looks to be very safe, albeit rather slow – it is a robustly built sealed up metal capsule, completely self-righting and with a simple and sturdy off wind rig – you can see some pictures at Andrew’s ‘Big C Atlantic Challenge’ Facebook page. This Autumn Andrew has been testing the boat and equipment off the coast of Cumbria.

I would add that Andrew is an experienced sailor of more normally sized yachts, for example a Farrier 28 trimaran which he sailed offshore single handed and a MiniTransat yacht with which he cruised in Artic waters. He is planning to design and build a small sailing boat for further Arctic adventures so I hope he will tell us a bit about his other sailing activities and his proposed new boat as well as the smallest boat challenge.

Andrew has a Cancer Research donation page here:  Here

Zoom link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2536740617?pwd=VFdMOGxWRDNzK1Z4NkxpTkU1a3ZUZz09&omn=82784538229

The meeting ID is 253 674 0617 and the passcode is ayrs but I dont think you need those if you join through the above link.