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Home > News > Otley Sailing Club 6th November - An Evening with Heather Thomas, Skipper of 'Maiden'!

Otley Sailing Club 6th November - An Evening with Heather Thomas, Skipper of 'Maiden'!

Published 09:24 on 15 Oct 2024

Otley SC are busy raising funds to buy 2 new Access boats. They have 2 months in which to raise £7500 which will then be match funded by Sport England. They are kicking off their fundraising with the Heather Thomas event and are looking for support from other sailing clubs to attend Heather's talk on 6th November at Almscliffe Village Hall, Huby, LS17 0EG.

See the attached flyer for details on booking and attendance. Briefly - Heather Thomas learnt to sail at Otley and at the age of 27 is the youngest skipper to win the Ocean Globe Race 2023 with her all female crew on the yacht "Maiden". She will have a few exciting tales to tell!

Here are a few facts from Otley's 2023 Sailability season:

  • Current fleet 10 Access boats (not enough!)
  • Sailability sessions run 2 days a week between April and October
  • 5 local Special Educational Needs schools are catered for
  • Over 80 group sessions
  • Over 30 volunteers facilitate the sessions
  • Over 100 individual sailors on the water
  • 843 individual sailing sessions!

Follow this link for more info and to purchase tickets:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sailing-for-disabled-children-at-otley

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