Saturday 23rd of July saw the naming of a club 420. It was named by Malcolm and Jill Wright after their grandson Milo. This is the second boat Malcolm and Jill have sponsored, the first was one of the Optimists named after their granddaughter, Daisy. The naming was attended by Malcolm and Jill with their family. Also attending the ceremony were Sam Pascoe of Monkey Marine, Alex of Atlantic Spars, and a small group of our cadets with helpers. Most of you who race will have seen our YOBs sailing the 420's and with Milo, there are five 420's in the club all of which are raced regularly.
Milo was generously refurbished by Sam Pascoe of Monkey Marine. Sam has brought the Milo back to it's original condition and has set Milo up so the other 420's owners have a boat to copy. Milo has also had all of its running gear replaced with dyneema, which was donated by Atlantic Spars and Rigging on Portland.
We thank Sam Pascoe for all his hard work and Alex of Atlantic Spars for his company's generosity. On a personal note I would also like to thank Alex for sorting out my broken boom so quickly, with the new boom being fitted in just over one week.
Phil Samways
Submitted on 27th July 2011