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West Lancashire Yacht Club - 24 Hour Race 2007
THE annual
West Lancashire Yacht Club, 24 Hour Race was held over the 15
September 2007 and 16 September 2007 on the Southport's Marine Lake.
The race this year had a slow start, for all three categories,
Enterprise, GP14 and Lark, but the wind slowly picked up, so did the
pace. The event was yet another success and had crews from all over
the UK, as well as some from further a field. As normal the official
charity of the event was Race 4 Cancer and also the event had
entertainment in the form of live music and a Disco on both Friday
and Saturday nights. They keeped the hundreds of spectators,
who lined the shoreline, entertained. Starting the race where the Mayor and
Mayoress of Sefton and The High Sheriff of Merseyside by setting of
a line of cannons. One of the most interesting teams was from Hollingworth
Lake Sailing Club who raises approximately £1000 for Sail 4 Cancer
by sailing continuously for 24 Hours! Congratulations to Adam and
Chris, who also finish 2nd at the end of the race!!! We popped
on down to take a look and get some snaps of this fantastic, world
famous, event.
To enter the 42nd WLYC 24 Hour Race next
year visit the 24 Hour
website for more
information.
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