Archive for July 2013
Sometimes it’s good not to be strong enough
Each of us sleeps in a bunk. It has a mattress and enough space for you and your sleeping bag. And in port or under engine power, it’s horizontal. But we will be sailing. When under sail, the boat and therefore your bunk will be at an angle. So it has a “leecloth” which can,…
Read MoreAnita Sails Again
Hi, I’m Anita Davies, and I was a crew member in the Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race.
I hope you enjoy reading about my fundraising and preparations for and participation in this adventure, my return to sailing after my stroke.
Read More“The sense of achievement”
On 8 July 2013, Clipper Ventures featured my story on their website. Anita Davies (42) suffered a stroke at the age of 34 yet was determined not to let that affect her life and will take part in Legs 5 and 7 of the Clipper 13-14 Race. She recalls, “I had seen the Clipper Race…
Read MoreWatching the Sunrise
We spent one night at anchor, in Studland Bay just outside Poole. While at anchor someone has to be up on watch, mainly to make sure that we don’t crash into anything – yes it’s possible if the anchor has stopped holding the boat to the seabed for any reason. At random, our skipper allocated…
Read MoreOpen House
Open House was held at Conductive Education on Saturday 29th June. We had several aims: publicise Anita’s challenge; sell tickets for the Scones & Shanties concert; fundraise towards Anita’s £8,200 target for Cannon Hill House; try to attract Corporate Sponsorship towards Anita’s considerable costs. Where was Anita?? – Sailing (where else?), Level 2 again. Where…
Read MoreWe Won’t Go Hungry
The Blakemore Foundation has very kindly donated the “bits and pieces” for our promised cream tea. For our Scones & Shanties concert, thanks to their help, we WILL have cream, jam, butter, tea, coffee, milk, sugar, cold drinks and tissues. Thank you for helping to fill up our concert-goers! Now all we need is concert-goers!
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