After two hours of sitting going nowhere one by one all the competitors are putting on their engines and going home. After seeing Ellen McCarthy’s cancer charity boat give up on the lack of wind we checked again the forecast (no wind) and it is clear we cannot get to the finish line by 22.30 when the race closes. After that time a competitor is classed as DNF and sadly we have concluded that we are DNF.
We are heading back to Gosport. We had some great moments along with the frustration but we have raised a lot of money for Pancreatic Cancer research. I will post the final tally next week but it is likely to be over £5k.
And one last thought. We decided unanimously that what Jerry would have done was say ‘Sod this. Let’s go for a beer.’
Chilvers' Challenge 