Sea and Summit - Exmouth to Dartmouth - Tash hits 10K
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Channel: Royal Yachting Association - RYA · 2014 · Sports
http://www.missisle.com 'Sip and Puff’ sailor Natasha 'Miss Isle’ Lambert’s fundraising efforts reached the £10,000 milestone, with the teenager saying a huge ‘Thank You!’ to everyone who has supported her so far, as she resumed her Sea and Summit Challenge sailing from Exmouth to Dartmouth today (Monday 28 July). But, the 17-year-old, who has cerebral palsy and controls her boat by breathing through a straw in a specially-engineered bicycle helmet, is only four legs into her 12 leg sailing challenge, before she swaps her boat for her special Hart Walker to climb Pen y Fan, the highest peak in Southern Britain, and she is still desperate to hit her target of £15,000 before the end of her month-long challenge. Through the Sea and Summit challenge Natasha is raising money for the RNLI, the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust and the RYA Foundation, as well as the profile of sailing for people with disabilities. Having enjoyed her first rest day with a tour of the RNLI Exmouth Lifeboat station yesterday, including seeing its pioneering Shannon class lifeboat, Natasha was back on the water for the shortest leg of her trip so far, 18 miles into Dartmouth. She completed the leg in four-and-a-half hours before being welcomed into Dartmouth by the Dart RNLI inshore lifeboat, Anne Bailey from Dart Sailability and the The Rotary Club of Dartmouth. Natasha also received a rousing cheer from around 40 youngsters out sailing dinghies as part of the Royal Dart YC’s summer holidays activities programme.
