Round Britain on a Laser
Page creator: Ron Pattenden
Event: Round Britain in a Laser
Event Date: 1st Oct 2004
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Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Paul Woodward 10/11/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Great effort. 
Ian Sheldon 06/11/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Well done Ron, A real sailing challenge. 
Anonymous 31/10/2004 £250.00 £70.51  
Patricia Graham 28/10/2004 £20.00 £5.64 To a real Hero and an inspiration to all. 
Roger Harford 25/10/2004 £20.00 £5.64 An example to all of us, well done. 
Chris Gregson 17/10/2004 £20.00 £5.64 well done look forward to reading the book!!! 
Anonymous 14/10/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Edmund Davis 13/10/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Another Y&Y reader: you're mad but admirable. Why can't peole stop stealing things? 
Anonymous 11/10/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Anonymous 11/10/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Noel Reeve 11/10/2004 £20.00 £5.64 I was one of them on London Bridge that morning! Did wonder what you were up to until I read Y&Y! 
Oliver Bowles 10/10/2004 £30.00 £8.46 We know you're mad Rocket but we love ya, Helen & Ol 
Alistair Angus 07/10/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Anonymous 07/10/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Eamonn Platt 07/10/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Just read the last instalment in Yachts & Yachting - brilliant effort - well done! 
Anonymous 04/10/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Matthew Radford 04/10/2004 £100.00 £28.21 Hope you're enjoying Spain, you deserve the rest. Did Hils remember who you were? 
Jeremy Cornford 03/10/2004 £100.00 £28.21 Many congratulations. A completer/finisher! 
Anonymous 02/10/2004 £25.00 £7.05  
Kirsty Erridge 30/09/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Well Done Rocket! Same time next year? XXX 
James Le Couilliard 30/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Ron - I read about you in Y&Y. Very inspiring stuff. Best of luck. 
Anonymous 28/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Alan Clarke 28/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Well done, Ron!! Alan Sheehan has fwd'd your mails..they are inspiring! 
Julian Smith 28/09/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Good job there's no bowsprit on a Laser. Was going to pay £1 per bad joke, but I couldn't afford it! 
Charles Miscampbell 28/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Nice on Ron, hope Ooops has survived 
terry fenn 28/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Well done Ron 
Dan & Jacky Jenks 28/09/2004 £25.00 £7.05 Spot the looney! - All that way for a 'few' pints of Harvey's. Can't blame you though.  
Alan Sheehan 28/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Anonymous 27/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Ian Pattenden 27/09/2004 £42.00 £11.85 From Bridget, Adam, Natalie, Richard, Steve, Karen, Darren and Doug at Bowker 
Paul Matthews 27/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Came past Bexhill Sailing Club on Sunday 26th September. Amazing achievement. 
Tom Loosemore 19/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64 I hope you get to write a book about the voyage - I'd buy it! 
Jim Grant 19/09/2004 £5.00 £1.41 Well done Ron. Keep it up. Jim Grant (UTSC) 
Ron Pattenden 17/09/2004 £276.00 £77.85 Donations collected at various places around the country. Thanks to everyone who sponsored me  
Bernice Metcalfe 16/09/2004 £100.00 £28.21 Well done Ron! A wonderful achievement for a very worthy cause. 
Anonymous 13/09/2004 £100.00 £28.21  
Dick Warren 06/09/2004 £20.00 £5.64 What about doing all the pubs on the Broads next. 
Gareth Stevens 06/09/2004 £10.00 £2.82 I have sailed and raced lasers for 20 years and I would not try what you have done. 
Glenn Marner 06/09/2004 £30.00 n/a Good effort, hope you make it safely home! 
Vince Savage 02/09/2004 £10.00 n/a "Sail Around NZ" dream: If it rains like it did when you were here, sail through the centre! 
Anonymous 02/09/2004 £50.00 £14.10  
Anonymous 30/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Sarah Perkins 30/08/2004 £10.00 £2.82 You deserve a Gold medal in my eyes!. I now appreciate how sea worthy my Laser is! Sarah Perkins 
Graham Hall 26/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Graham showed us the pic's Incredible ' good on ya ' from Bill in the United Services Club Dunstable 
Russell Mead 25/08/2004 £10.00 £2.82  
Anonymous 20/08/2004 £40.00 £11.28  
Duncan Garrett 19/08/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Good going Ron. Your kit in this picture looked a little whiter than after the St Monans mud!! 
James Allen 19/08/2004 £40.00 £11.28  
Anonymous 19/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
Neil Southern 17/08/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Thought of your next mad adventure yet? Good luck with this one. 
charlie parker 11/08/2004 £10.00 n/a Hope you dont see land on your left. Good luck! 
Anonymous 11/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64  
M B 11/08/2004 £250.00 £70.51 Essex awaits, look forward to buying you a pint (or two...) watch out for the jellyfish 
Deborah Sullivan 11/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Speakerbus employee 
peter Donker Curtius 11/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck from one who long ago hung up his wetsuit 
David Marchant 10/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck  
j c 10/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64 respect 
Kerry Mildren 10/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck. Enjoyed the diary immensely. Thx to G Hall. 
Jane Moore 10/08/2004 £30.00 £8.46 Good luck from Jane Moore (thanks to Graham Hall) 
Greg Casbolt 10/08/2004 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck. Enjoy the fish. 
Angus Willey 10/08/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Best of luck on the homeward leg, should be faster as it is all down hill. 
George Thomson 09/08/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Leave something for me to do you b*$^*#d" !!! 
Trevor Quinton 14/07/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Good luck Ron - what a nutter! 
David Rogers 05/07/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck Ron. I'm just getting over Cancer and when you finish my hair should have grown back!! 
Vicki Goddard 01/07/2004 £20.00 £5.64 As Paul S's girlfriend I have enjoyed many anecdotes of your adventure so thought it time I paid up! 
Ray Sitch 10/06/2004 £25.00 £7.05 Good luck you mad bugger!! 
Colin Jowers 10/06/2004 £20.00 £5.64 I saw Ron's sailing prowess years ago sailing from Fort William to Inverness. Hope he has improved! 
terry fitzpatrick 06/06/2004 £20.00 n/a good luck mate - keep going 
Peter Binney 03/06/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Enjoying reports of your progress via Guy - keep 'em coming! 
Jo Kiernan 01/06/2004 £50.00 £14.10 You can do it Dad! 
Paul Sitch 27/05/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Ron - you never were one to suffer from light wind, so I'm sure you'll be back in no time. Good luck 
Pete Orme 26/05/2004 £50.00 £14.10 I hope you get a medal when you finish. Good luck! 
robert smith 24/05/2004 £50.00 £14.10 pocket-money reimbursement me ole Dad 
David Simpson 12/05/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Your barking mate 
Tony Hall 11/05/2004 £50.00 £14.10 So what's next ? Hang-gliding round great britain ? I KNOW you'll do it, you maniac  
Nigel Lambert 11/05/2004 £50.00 £14.10 MM,GSM..Weren't you going to Florida with Hilary?..'Old Fossil spotted off Lyme Regis...in a boat!!' 
William Allbrook 10/05/2004 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck Ron and watch out for Morecome Bay you might end up Cockle picking! 
Ian Pattenden 10/05/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Go for it, you nutta! 
Alan Whibley 29/04/2004 £50.00 £14.10 See you in August you mad bugger! 
Graham Hall 28/04/2004 £50.00 £14.10 Please don't involve Guy as you won't even get the boat into the water 
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Amount raised offline: £0.00
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