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What We Are Doing
Well here we are, planning a trip around the UK coast, we leave on the 12th of June for the 2 and a half month trip, in a boat about the length of a modern estate car. Crazy? Foolhardy?

Well we like to think so.

The aim of this sponsored sail is to raise money for the Fellowship Afloat's bursary fund, which provides oppurtunities for people to enjoy outdoor activities who might otherwise not be able to afford it.

One of Fellowship Afloat's big goals is to allow as many people as possible the oppurtunity to enjoy the activities that the centre provides. Over the years this has meant subsidising the costs for many individuals and groups.

The fund setup to provide for these groups and individuals has been supported over the years by generous legacy's and donations, but this has over the last three years been depleted as Fellowship Afloat has sought to offer itself to more.

We plan with this trip to replenish the bursary fund, our goal £10,000 is the amount that Fellowhsip Afloat spent last year from this fund, and if we can raise it will guarantee another years worth of support.

Please keep checking this page as we update it with our location and the tales of our travels around the UK. If you would like to donate money to the bursary fund Click on the link at the top of the page.
Jelly Fish Clothing
Do you want to help raise awareness of our trip, or perhaps just need a few more T-shirts to get you through the summer?

Have a look at the range of clothes you can buy with our logo here. 15% of all sales goes to Fellowship Afloat Bursury Fund.
Shakedown Time
Well, I have spent the day in labs at university, conducting scientific testing for my dissertation.  No doubt Mary has spent the day looking at numbers and trying to remember what she is meant to be doing with them!  However, there is not much longer of this kind of work to go. In fact only 13 weeks until we leave.

So, other than university what have we been up to?

Well, last weekend was Shakedown at FACT- this is a great volunteer weekend, taking the boats out for the first sail of the season, and meeting plenty of new and old faces.  I was there for the whole weekend, promoting JF Adventures, as well as getting in some vital sailing practice before my Senior Instructor course in a few weeks.  Mary attended a sea survival course in Cambridge on the Saturday, but was able to join those of us on Big Red Boat in the evening.

So, all in all we have been busy preparing for the big adventure.  We still need to raise the money though, so click in the top-right corner to donate!

Becky (and Mary)

Over.
Posted by Jellyfish at Friday, March 12, 2010

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About the Boat
The boat, Jellyfish, is a 21ft Mark II Corribee built in 1980. She is a bilge keel (two short fins on either of side), which makes her ideal for the East Coast where she is moored.

Although easliy controlled by one person we have decided to do this together because 10 weeks on your own sounds like a long time to us, and the challenge of coping with each other for that long will undoubtedly create some intersting posts! Corribees are well known for their sea worthiness. Dame Ellen MacArthur sailed around Britain in Iduna, her own Corribee, when she was 18 years old. Since then several have crossed the Atlantic, although we don't plan on going that far yet.

For more information on the boat you can go to the Corribee Class Association website, for more information about our trip have a look at our Big Plan