<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the battering we got last year, we&rsquo;ve mustered up the courage to give the Southport 24 hour Enterprise race another bash.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">We hope and prey that&nbsp;it&nbsp;won't be as harsh as last year&rsquo;s weather front smacking into us. Carnage is an understatement! But we survived and on the whole our injuries have pretty much healed; with the exception of Rat who&rsquo;s still looking for his marbles.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why oh why are we putting ourselves through this again? </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Sailability, a wonderful charity <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><span style="font-size: small;">of the Royal Yachting Association which offers people who think they can&rsquo;t even get on a boat, let alone sail it, the chance to have a go. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><span style="font-size: small;">We want to raise money to support these groups of volunteers all around the UK, develop facilities, train volunteers and encourage more clubs to become recognised RYA Sailability centres.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN"><span style="font-size: small;">Please do dig deep and give as much as you can.</span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;"></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>