As part of a crew of 12 Barclays colleagues from London, I will be taking part in ‘A sail of two Cities!  Racing a 75’ ocean going yachts (ex BT Global Challenge Race yacht – the famous ‘round the world the wrong way’ race series) against a team of our Barclays colleagues from Glasgow. The event takes place on the weekend of 7-9 of June. The teams will be racing identical yachts around the isle of Mull off the west Coast of Scotland. The two teams of novice sailors will not only be competing over the weekend, but we will be competing to see which team/location can raise the most money, so this will pit city verses city as well as being a matter of national pride! The boats are designed to be raced by a crew of 18 experienced sailors, so we will have our work cut out as the bulk of our crew are complete novices!  
 
As a team we are delighted to be taking part, and if it proves successful we hope it will become an annual challenge event which we will use to support the great work of OYT.

 

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For every pound donated we hope to get this matched by Barclays so please help!  If well supported each boat crew could raise well over £10,000. 

 

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Given that my stomach drops just looking at a cruise boat in the Med, this may be an interesting experience!  

 

Thanks for all your support!