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LOCALSaturday 6 June 2015

Sailing Stars Encourage Everyone to make Bart’s

Bash the World’s Largest Sailing Event

ORANJESTAD - Bart’s Bash, officially the largest sail- Bash the biggest sport- need of a set start time, so why not this day, a day
the global sailing event in ing race in the world by ing event in the World the start line, complex course where we can have fun
aid of the Andrew Simp- Guinness World Records. team have introduced and the full racing man- together and remember
son Sailing Foundation, The aim of the 2015 cam- Bart’s Buddies to the event. agement ,venues can run Bart whilst doing so. Now
has launched participant paign is to increase par- This is a great opportunity a simple ‘race’ from the that the sign up process is
sign up with the help of ticipation even further for those who already sail shore to a mark (Bart’s live I urge and encourage
some of the world’s best across the world with the to introduce friends, fam- Buoy) and back to shore. everyone to sign up to take
in the sport of sailing. ultimate goal of becom- ily and work colleagues ASSF Trustee Iain Percy OBE part and be a part of this
Sailors including Sir Robin- ing the world’s biggest to the sport and to give said “last year was an in- ground breaking event”.
Knox-Johnston, Sir Ben Ain- sporting event. Any sail- them an unforgettable credible event so this year Bart’s Bash is one of the
slie, Tom Slingsby and Shir- ing clubs, community experience on the water. we have decided to do valuable fund raising events
ley Robertson OBE feature sailing programmes, sail Another exciting new con- it all over again. This time for the Andrew Simpson
in a short film which aims training centres, yacht cept added by the team we want to get even more Sailing Foundation, allow-
to encourage sailors and clubs, scout groups, sea is he Bart’s Bash Buoy race. people on the water so we ing it to facilitate a range
non-sailors from across the cadets and even groups This is possibly the easiest have introduced Bart’s Bud- of sustainable projects,
world to take to the wa- of sailors globally can way to get lots of people dies. We have all promised using sailing to transform
ter on 20 September 2015. hold a Bart’s Bash race. on the water and involved our friends and family to the lives of children and
This is the second time the With an aim to make Bart’s in the event, without the take them sailing one day young people globally.
remarkable sailing event
will take place. Bart’s Bash
was conceived in 2014 as
a participation event in
memory of Andrew “Bart”
Simpson. It grew beyond
all expectations with over
30700 people taking part
in the event across more
than 50 countries and
raised over £360,000 for
the charity started in Bart’s
name. In January 2015
Bart’s Bash was named