Round Isle of Wight for Macmillan Cancer Support-Sunday 26th May 2013 - Page 13

chris.moody · 23 March 2013, 22:13

Thanks Ian, so that's £5 for helming Gemineye over Easter, and another £5 for a helm on the day if Gemineye is available.

Only 15 ribs and £75 to go. Lets see if we can get all 18 / 19 drives organised before this weekend is over.

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Originally Posted by C2 RIBS

What? youre betting on me letting you helm!!

I have an open door on that day and if Gemineye is free I will offer additional seats for the run.

lakelandterrier · 23 March 2013, 22:37

Chris,
Happy to let you have the honour and challenge (!) of helming Aquahound for a bit to add to the pot

chris.moody · 23 March 2013, 22:45

Thank you very much Lakelandterrier

Only 14 more ribs to find

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Originally Posted by lakelandterrier

Chris,
Happy to let you have the honour and challenge (!) of helming Aquahound for a bit to add to the pot

whisper · 23 March 2013, 22:49

Yeah you can have a blast in mine

chris.moody · 23 March 2013, 22:57

Thanks Whisper, just 13 more to go guys (and girls).

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Originally Posted by whisper

Yeah you can have a blast in mine

chris.moody · 24 March 2013, 07:05

For the benefit of people joining this thread today you can read my post from yesterday quoted below.

A ver big thank you to Leeargyle, Landlord, C2ribs (if Gemineye is available that day), Lakeland terrier and Whisper for allowing me to have a few miles at the helm in their ribs on the round island trip. So I'm donating £25 for helming those ribs round the island, and £5 for helming Onboard Charters "Rascal " all day Easter Sunday, and £5 for helming C2 Ribs new "Gemineye" also over Easter,

So that is £35 promised from me so far. I want to pay more so need another 13 kind people to allow me to helm their rib for a few miles of the circumnavigation with them beside me. I promise to take very good care of your rib and will not be abusing it at all. If I get the full 18 ribs promised I will add a further £30 bonus making the total pledged £130.

So who else wants to help me "helm" round the island in eighteen different ribs towards this worthy cause?

Chris

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Originally Posted by chris.moody

I am now down in The Solent that weekend but do not currently have a rib I am a commercial skipper (advanced PB commercially endorsed and do regular work for C2 Ribs, Onboard Charters, and Saber Powersports. All of those companies will vouch for me) and would love to donate £100. So, can we find 20 ribs that will let me helm a section of the route on the same basis as Peter Matcham, £5 per boat helmed. I promise to take care of your rib and you will be beside me ensuring I do. I guess it's around 3NM in each rib. I will be helming "Onboard Rascal" on Easter Sunday, and will probably be helming C2 Ribs new Gemini before then, so that's £10 already. Just need another 18 ribs.

So who's up for raising another £90 from me, let me know.

Chris

Ian M · 24 March 2013, 07:23

OK, you are welcome to 3 nm in Jianna.

Jizm · 24 March 2013, 09:13

So, how many boats are there now?

chris.moody · 24 March 2013, 12:01

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Originally Posted by Ian M

OK, you are welcome to 3 nm in Jianna.

Thanks Ian, I'm over a third of the way there now.

Chris

PeterM · 24 March 2013, 12:30

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Originally Posted by chris.moody

Thanks Ian, I'm over a third of the way there now.

Chris

Chris..you realise it's 5 quid for any ribnet owned boat you may have driven ....even in the past...so that's Ians previous boats to.. :-)

chris.moody · 24 March 2013, 14:09

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Originally Posted by PeterM

Chris..you realise it's 5 quid for any ribnet owned boat you may have driven ....even in the past...so that's Ians previous boats to.. :-)

I didn't know but I do now.

So previously driven ribnet owned boats:
C2 ribs Bulls Eye
Onboard charters Onboard Rascal
Saber Powersports Honda race boat H39
Saber Powersports. Honda race boat H40 (not exactly sure it was H39 and H40 but I have driven two different Hondas at Saber)
Saber Powersports. Mercury Hypercat
C2 ribs Gemineye

So that is 6 ribnet owned boats and therefore £30

Drives pledged on the day of the round the island
Lee Argyle
Landlord
Lakelandterrier
Whisper
Ian M
C2 Ribs (possibly)

Six boats so another £30

So I am up to £60 so far. I still need drives in another 12 ribs at around 3nm per rib to get me right round the island. And this morning I agreed to a £30 bonus if we managed to get the full 18 drives. So there is the potential to extract 150 of my hard earned pounds in total. Anyone else prepared to promise me a drive on the day?

Chris

Giddyup 3 · 26 March 2013, 20:25

Chris more than welcome to take a go of technohull for 3 nm
David

whisper · 26 March 2013, 20:36

Great news

We have another £50 donation from Paul and Anne Jenkins of West End Roofing with a message saying:

"Good luck Ben, happy to donate to such a worthy cause"

Total raised
£1,155.00
Gift Aid
£172.62

Grand Total = £1,327.62

It's really easy to make a donation, just click the link below and have a look at our Ribnet page

Rib. net is fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support

Jizm · 26 March 2013, 20:43

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Originally Posted by whisper

Great news

We have another £50 donation from Paul and Anne Jenkins of West End Roofing with a message saying:

"Good luck Ben, happy to donate to such a worthy cause"

Total raised
£1,155.00
Gift Aid
£172.62

Grand Total = £1,327.62

It's really easy to make a donation, just click the link below and have a look at our Ribnet page

Rib. net is fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support

That's one of my contractors. I'll thank him personally tomorrow.

whisper · 26 March 2013, 22:53

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Originally Posted by Jizm

That's one of my contractors. I'll thank him personally tomorrow.

Good work dude

chris.moody · 27 March 2013, 10:07

Thank you very much David.

I now have offers from 7 boats so at roughly 3NM per boat that gets me helming approx 21nm so far

If I can get enough offers to get me helming right round the island we can raise even more money as I can then ask friends, colleagues and customers to sponsor me for "driving a selection of ribs all the way round the island".

Anyone else prepared to offer me 3nm helming their rib, I really want to donate more (I'm up to a £65 donation from me so far based on Ribnet boats previously helmed, or will be helmed on the day), and if possible raise even more money by getting sponsorship.

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Originally Posted by Giddyup 3

Chris more than welcome to take a go of technohull for 3 nm
David

landlord · 27 March 2013, 10:38

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Originally Posted by chris.moody

Thank you very much David.

I now have offers from 7 boats so at roughly 3NM per boat that gets me helming approx 21nm so far

You could always swim the rest of the way and raise even more

stingray · 27 March 2013, 10:43

put me down

C2 RIBS · 27 March 2013, 10:44

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Originally Posted by landlord

You could always swim the rest of the way and raise even more

chris.moody · 27 March 2013, 12:16

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Originally Posted by C2 RIBS

I guess we will have plenty of rescue boats to pull me out.

Thanks stingray that is now 8 boats and 24nm. We have just passed the overfalls just west of Saint Catherines point. Who wants to get me another 3nm up the coast?

Map
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dzi7m93i1x...08%20helms.JPG