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The Jester Challengers Dinner 2008 |
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The second annual dinner of the Jester Challengers took place on Monday
14th January, again at The Master Gunner pub in the City of London. |
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Mingming's Northern Voyage |
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John Apps and Glayva finish the Jester Challenge 2006 After 410 days, 2 hours and 50 minutes - and in true 'Jester Spirit' - John Apps has finished the Jester Challenge 2006.
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Pete Hill is awarded the JESTER MEDAL The Jester Medal was founded by the Jester Trust in 2005 to "recognise and perpetuate the traditions established by Jester, her creator Blondie Hasler, and Mike Richey". The Trust, whose Chairman was Nigel Rowe, had been responsible for building the present Jester to replace the original that was lost at sea during the 1988 Ostar. The Trust was disbanded when the boat was sold to its present owner, Trevor Leek.
A number of medals were subsequently struck and handed over to the Ocean Cruising Club which undertook to include the Jester Medal among its own annual awards. The qualification "for an outstanding contribution to the art of single- handed sailing" is deliberately general so that it could cover a wide range of achievements from, say, an outstanding solo passage to an invention of some kind that would be of particular value to single-handed sailing. |
A Jester Azores Challenge 2008 is being proposed for single-handed boats between 20-30 feet, starting on 31 May 2008. The destination in the Azores will be Praia da Vitoria, Terceira. Please contact the event coordinator Ewen Southby-Tailyour for further details. 64 Entries so far JAC08 entry list |
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65 Entries so far for The Jester Challenge 2010 JC2010 entry list |
"In 1964 Tabarly won the second OSTAR.
Blondie Hasler, who had sailed the race in Jester, wrote in his journal on 30 June "Eric has won in the superlative time of 27 days. I am delighted first of all because he is French..." May I, albeit now from a non-combattant status, express exactly the same feelings to yet another Eric on yet another splendid performance. Mike Richey (ex-Jester) |
Pete Hill and Eric Andlauer - the only two skippers to finish The Jester Challenge 2006 - shown with George Pike at the Newport Yacht Club after receiving the Newport Medal of Honour Eric Andlauer's Jester Challenge |
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