<p><strong><span style="color: #333399;">THANKS FOR VISITING THE FUNDRAISING PAGE OF THE HURRICANES DRAGONBOAT CREW</span></strong></p> <p>Together we are taking on <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">"The Needles Challenge 2012&rdquo;</span></strong>, to raise funds for the RNLI</p> <p>This is a <span style="color: #ff0000;">unique</span> paddling challenge and <span style="color: #ff0000;">an absolute first</span>, as its <span style="color: #000000;">never been attempted</span> in a Dragonboat. Our goal is to paddle across the Solent from Lee-on-Solent Sailing Club to the Needles on the Isle of Wight and return to the RNLI base in Lymington Harbour. The paddle is approx 30 miles in total and we're aiming to do it in about 4 hours, our obstacles are that we're<span class="text_exposed_show"> on the sea, in a tidal estuary and navigating across busy shipping lanes</span></p> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="text_exposed_show">Despite the odds we're doing it for fun and a very worthy cause :-))</span></div> <div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <br><strong style="color: #00ff00;">.... SO PLEASE SUPPORT US AND DONATE NOW</strong></span></div>