CHARLEY FROM ELTON SC BRAVES THE CHANNEL
BY CATHY JENKINS
Following her father’s recent diagnosis of bile duct and pancreatic cancer, Charlotte Steel felt inspired to take on a significant challenge whilst raising funds for Sail 4 Cancer to help others in a similar situation.
She felt the challenge needed to be related to their shared passion of sailing. “My Dad first took me sailing when I was 11 years old and we developed a great father daughter bond that has helped make me into the person I am today.” she explains.
Charley continues: “I decided in order to try and raise a substantial amount, something really BIG was called for, so this inspired me to think of sailing from Dover to Calais in Enterprises. I plan to sail in my Dad’s boat 'Jalousie’ in order to keep the challenge personal to me, but there will be a total of five boats sailing, with ten people as helms and crew. There will also be a fabulous back-up team for safety and to act as escort.
The Intrepid teams are:-
1. Charley Steel and Hannah Marsden
2. Adam Mcgovern and Chris Robinson
3. Adam Savage and Frances Holmes
4. Kevin Morris and Alice Walton
5. Doug Dinwiddie and Crew
We at Sail 4 Cancer wish Charley and her team every success in their epic challenge, which is scheduled to take place on October 2nd 2010. You can sponsor them and offer your words of encouragement using the donation form at www.sail4cancer.org. (Please note that all money raised will go to Sail 4 Cancer and will not be used to fund the challenge.)