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Meet the Hardy Owners at the Southampton Boat Show
OLLY’S 2011 ROUND BRITAIN SAILING CHALLENGE
HOC meets in the Solent Area
Inspiration at the London Boat Show
Boating Technology
HOC Club regalia
Solent Weather

Meet the Hardy Owners at the Southampton Boat Show

If you have friends who might be considering joining the Hardy Owners Club, then maybe they would like to visit the Hardy Marine berth (M213, M214, and M215) at the Southampton Boat Show from Friday 16^th September till Sunday 25^th September, where they could benefit from a Special Boat Show discount of £15 for their membership (so minus the initial joining fee of £5.00).

This offer only last for the duration of the Show, so bring them along to see us!

Hardy Marine are showing a Commodore 42, a Hardy 50 and a Bosun 20, and have very kindly offered us space on their Bosun 20, so that we can promote the Hardy Owners Club, as part of our 30^th Anniversary Celebrations.

Two members will attend the Show on each of the 10 days for two hours minimum during the period of 11:00 – 15:00. So if you would like to take a friend along to join up, then please do so, and make your visit an even more Special Anniversary day.

L-R: HOC member Simon Kidd, Malcolm Pannell of Hardy Marine, and HOC Regalia Manager Anita Spence, celebrating our Club's 30th Anniversary aboard a Hardy Bosun at the 2011 Southampton Boat Show. HOC members will be in attendance each day until the end of the Show on 25th September, promoting awareness of the Club and offering a special reduced membership fee to any new members who join during this period.

OLLY’S 2011 ROUND BRITAIN SAILING CHALLENGE

Olly is sailing around Britain to raise awareness and funds in aid of The Anthony Nolan Trust. Here he reports on his progress.

Hello from Olly.
So far it has been epic! There have been times when I wish for more wind and less rain, and other times I wonder if I’m all there... (wishing for less wind and smaller waves wearing a dry suit to keep the wet out and other things in)... At the time it can be quite scary, but it's always the feeling of excitement of wanting more when I get into a harbour. It’s such a fun little boat!

I have met some great people on my way, every marina I have been to so far have been so supportive and understanding of what I am trying to achieve and I really cant thank them enough. What I have learnt is that every person on this earth has a story, big or small, and more often than not, it's the smaller stories that I’m inspired by that keep me going and it's my story that inspires them...

Something I wont forget is when I arrived into Able marina and I was waved in by Timothy & Shane Spall, I was so tired that day and I can remember thinking to myself ‘bloody hell, I’m sure that’s who I think it is!’ I barely had the chance to tie the boat up. Before I knew it, I was on The Princess Matilda, cold beer in hand with Tim whist Shane was cooking sausages and beans... Random or what!! What a great couple they are, it was interesting hearing tales of their travels and also how Tim's battle with Leukemia changed his life, like my own, that we’re both challenging ourselves. As if beating cancer wasn’t a big enough challenge!

Then I got to Arbroath and was fed like a king with Smokies, Crab and Salmon and got the grand tour at Stuart’s Smokies. I’m hoping to come back to Arbroath in the future to learn how to prepare and cook smokies with Stuart. I just wish I could have stayed a bit longer...

Peterhead... You must be able to guess who popped over... Jimmy from the TV program Trawlermen. After I got used to his accent, we chatted for ages about why I was there. I'm hoping in the future I’m going to be able to go out with them to catch my first Prawn! I offered to take him out on a 'real boat' but Jimmy was having non of it! Haha.

Well I’m currently in Troon and going to spend the next week here, for some reason I’m really tired and have to rest up before I hit these next quite long legs. I might pop up to Glasgow and meet some of the people in the Teenage Cancer Trust ward there. Over the next couple of weeks, the website will change a bit, please keep following me!

Thanks for all your support.
Olly
Olly’s 2011 Round Britain Sailing Challenge

Yacht ‘Jolly Olly’
Oliver Rofix
Tel: 07749 528455
Email: oliverstravels@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.olivers-travels.co.uk
Skype: oliverstravels

I will be sailing around Britain to raise awareness and funds in aid of The Anthony Nolan Trust.

HOC meets in the Solent area
HOC Member, Judith Morgan sent us this short note about some meets she organised back in May:-

We went to Poole early in May with Aventurera our Hardy Mariner and met up with Roy Procter and his Grandson Brendan. Roy has a Hardy Pilot Nolan1V which he moors in the River Froome. We had a very pleasant lunchtime halt with him at the start of the Wareham channel. Later in the day we went back into Poole Harbour to berth at the Poole Yacht Club Marina. When we arrived they said they did not take motor boats but as we were there we could stay. We had hoped to be in the Marina at Poole Quay but it was full. Luckily the 2 Hardy owners who were meeting us phoned us and then came across to Poole Yacht Club.

They were Mike Cullen with a 234 Seawings who moored near the mouth of the harbour and Janet Cox with her friend June. Janet has a Hardy Navigator which is moored in Christchurch and is quite new to motor boating. It was a very jolly get together which ended by a very good Friday night dinner at the Yacht Club.

We did not get to he Eastern Solent due to bad weather but hope to meet up with 2 more owners from that direction later in the season.

We hope this rain will stop and we will get some more cruising in better weather.

Inspiration at the London Boat Show
While I was at the London Boat Show, at ExCel in January, I met with a good looking young man named Oliver Rofix, standing beside his small yacht, a Valiant 18, ‘Jolly Olly.’ Oliver’s stand was bedecked with banners proclaiming ‘Olly’s 2011 Round Britain Sailing Challenge’.

I was intrigued, so went over to talk to him. I was glad that I did because Oliver’s story is an amazing one, and it still continues to be amazing day by day.
Diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in 2005, and after receiving treatment to which he was responding, he was then diagnosed with Acute Myeliod Leukaemia. He then developed pleurisy and pneumonia during his chemotherapy treatment. His diagnosis changed yet again to an extremely rare form of Leukaemia, of which he was told he was one of only three in the world to have developed this strand. The other two individuals had unfortunately died, and, he was informed, his only chance of survival was to have a bone marrow transplant. The donor was found through the Anthony Nolan Trust, of which there were only two possible donors out of the 9 million on the register.
Oliver spent 8 weeks in isolation at Addenbrookes Hospital, and many months returning on a daily basis. During all this time, he dreamed of sailing around Britain in his little yacht. He spent the summer of 2010 building up his strength and stamina for the voyage on the Solent.
His appearance at this year’s London Boat Show launched the beginning of his trip, setting off from London, and sailing around Britain anti-clockwise, a journey that is expected to take around 9 months.
He plans to stop in harbours or marinas, whenever possible so that he can meet other people who are, or have been in similar circumstances to himself. He wants to inspire others to pursue their own dreams. Oliver has put all his own savings in to organising this fantastic trip, and it means very much to him.

His objectives are as follows:
Raising funds to enable him to continue his trip, by meeting the day to day expenses.
(Any support is welcome, financial or otherwise. ie. berthing, provisions, fuel etc.)

Recruiting at least 1000 more bone marrow donors for the Anthony Nolan Trust.
(All proceeds raised from the Challenge will be donated to the Anthony Nolan Trust.)

All that Oliver wants is to inspire others with cancer to achieve their goals, and raise awareness.

Let’s try and help him if we can, and wish him calm seas all around. Hopefully by the time you receive your April edition of THO magazine Oliver will be on his way. His planned departure date is March 27th 2011.

Oliver’s contact details are: www.olivers-travels.co.uk email:oliverstravels@hotmail.co.uk Mobile: 07749 528 455
Thank you. M.O’Connell - HOC Editor 

Boating Technology
As you probably realise thousands of boats are constructed from GRP, and this is a very long lived material. What is going to happen to these hulls when they reach the end of their useful life, and how are they going to be disposed of or recycled ?
The images show a possible solution, because the hull of this craft is constructed from ICE. When no longer needed it will simply dissolve ! - Back to water - no contamination.
Actually the images are of a boat in the Premier Marina at Gosport where they were recording an item for the TV series 'Bang goes another theory' They hoped to sail it from Gosport to Cowes but although I did not see it leave I imagine it was very unlikely they ever made it, the craft looked very unstable even in the calm. You may recognise some of the crew if you have ever seen any of the programmes. If it did sink then bang went a brand new Mercury 60hp and lots of electronic gizmos! but I suppose it is really cheap TV
The resultant programme should appear on BBC1 7:30pm on Oct 13th - see what happens! 

The "Aurora" Clipper with her life rafts fore and aft. (Supplied by Capt. Emma Crompton, of Thames Clippers.)

HOC Club regalia
The Hardy Owners Club. The Club Burgee is now HOC regalia back in stock. An absolute must for the proud Hardy owner, Fly it with Pride. Full ordering and contact details are in the HOC magazine, See the merchandise page. or e-mail regalia@hardy-owner 

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