I am very pleased to announce that world famous sailor and author, Brian Hancock will be coming to the Kingston Yacht Club to give a talk on his experience sailing offshore in numerous high profile and very extreme sailing events.  This multimedia presentation will be a fundraising event for the Minimus Sailing Team and my campaign for the Mini Transat.

Brian is a veteran of three Whitbread round the world races, has participated in many high profile campaigns including record attempts on maxi catamarans and campaigned an Open 50 for the 2001 Around Alone race.  So Brian is no stranger to single handed sailing.

 Brian Hancock aboard his Open 50

Brian is also one of the co-founders of the Global Ocean Challenge, a single and short handed race around the world race.  The race will be sailed in Open 40 and 50s. 

Brian has graciously offered to help the Minimus Sailing Team raise funds for the 2009 Mini Transat Campaign.  Brian will be donating some books and such for door prizes and raffles, so you will not only get a chance to hear a great sailor talk  about his experiences, but also get a chance to walk away with some great reading.

The event will be held on April 3 at 1900, at the Kingston Yacht Club in the Partridge room.  Tickets will be $10 at the door.  Donation towards the Mini Transat campaign will be greatly appreciated.  More event details can be found on the KYC site.

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