Thursday 15 November 2012

Alan Rankin to attempt solo round Britain and Ireland on a Farrier F27 trimaran

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In summer 2013 Alan Rankin will undertake a solo singlehanded sailing challenge of the full circumnavigation of UK and Ireland. The charity challenge is targeted to raise £20,000 for Ocean Youth Trust Scotland, Cancer Research UK, Parkinson’s UK, British Heart Foundation and Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The challenge will utilise entirely renewable resources of: wind, wave, tidal and solar power along with food and drink sourced from sustainable producers in the UK.

The challenge will take Alan Rankin on a singlehanded sailing voyage from Ullapool on the North West coast of Scotland northwards to Muckle Flugga of the Shetland Isles and then south to the busy English Channel. From there Alan will continue passing the Fasnet rock, up the West Coast of Ireland before heading for St Kilda and returning around the northern tip of the Outer Hebrides to Ullapool. The voyage is 2,300 miles in some of the most challenging yet beautiful waters in the world.

In 2006 Alan became the first person to fully circumnavigate Scotland by boat and bike. Read more

Risk more than others think is safe.
Care more than others think is wise.
Dream more than others think is practical.
Expect more than others think is possible
— Claude Thomas Bissell

 

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