| Well Done to Colwyn Jet Ski Club!
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| Wednesday, 01 September 2010 15:50 |
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Over £600 was raised for the RLNI and Help For Heroes by Colwyn Jet Ski Club at the Conwy River Festival.
The money was raised by club members giving high thrill jet ski rides up the River Conwy to anyone (all ages, all sizes) brave enough to make a £3 charity donation and get a little bit wet! Over 200 non jet skiing members of the public were given 'Rides of their Lives' in very windy and choppy conditions, which proved to be very challenging when loaded up with one or two inexperienced passengers, wearing nothing but their Sunday best and a PFD.
Of course none of this would ever be possible without the Colwyn Bay jet skiers very generously giving up a day of their time and a tankful of fuel in their skis for the purpose raising some money for worthy causes and, very importantly, putting great big smiles on lots and lots of face
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| Jayco Ultimate Ride Called Off
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| Wednesday, 01 September 2010 15:38 |
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Unfortunately the ambitious jet ski charity ride from London to New Zealand to raise funds for cancer research has ended early due to rising tensions in Yemen increasing the risk of terrorist and pirate attacks to an unacceptable level.
"The NZ Department of Foreign Affairs has strenuously warned us not to proceed south of Egypt unattended," said Jayco Ultimate Ride team leader Jeremy Burfoot. "The risk of terrorist and piracy attacks in Yemen has risen to an unacceptable level and we would be a prime target. We all have families and it would be unfair to put their futures at risk, even with such a good cause. Keep spreading the healthy living message and early detection of cancer message. I will be. Even if we have saved only one life with it, all of this will have been worthwhile."
The Jayco Ultimate Ride was aiming to break the world distance record for personal watercraft with a ride of almost 32,000km from London to Sydney, and then on to New Zealand. The team of four men, three New Zealanders and a Croat, set out from London on August 1st and got as far as Fenike, on the south coast of Turkey. They were nearing the Suez Canal, where the team was due to start the most dangerous part of the challenge.
As well as the threat of piracy, the challenge was beset with technical difficulties due to the punishing nature of the journey on their PWCs. The machines had been adapted to hold between 250 and 270 litres of fuel; they had already been being stolen in Bulgaria, though they were later recovered.
"Even though Seadoo are the best PWC brand in the world, they are not designed to take the continuous punishment that we have subjected them to with our hectic schedule and the modifications that we made to them," said Burfoot. "We found that we were continually losing time for maintenance and struggling to get spare parts in out-of-the-way places. When a fuel leak developed in my long range tank, effectively ruling out long open water crossings, we knew we couldn't make Australia in the time I have available."
The Jayco Ultimate Ride partnered with cancer organisations such as the Melanoma Foundation of New Zealand, Australia's Lifehouse at RPA, Dutch child cancer charity Kika Kenderen Kankervrij, the German Childhood Cancer Foundation, the U.K.'s Macmillan Cancer Support and Livestrong, the Lance Armstrong Foundation.
The team is in Rhodos, Greece, and plans to ride north to Croatia to return the PWCs. By that time, they would have covered some 8000km.
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