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J
ude Massey, the world’s
youngest person to row the
Atlantic in a two-man team,
made a return visit to Beaulieu
in April to open the 41st annual
Boatjumble.
The 19-year-old opened the
event by ringing a ship’s bell
mounted on oak from the
Beaulieu Estate in Hampshire.
“I’m very, very excited to be
here, because this is the first
show we did during our
fundraising,” he told PBO.
During the 53-day crossing,
Jude and his brother Greg
Bailey lost their GPS,
watermaker and autohelm, so
had to manually steer for the
entire voyage.
“We had a domino stack of
errors that were devastating,
but Greg and I pushed through
it and we’re very happy to be
back on dry land,” said Jude.
“In the first week I was really
homesick. I just wanted to set
off a flare and EPIRB and get in
the liferaft!”
However, there were many
high points, too, including an
encounter with two huge
humpback whales and 250
dolphins. Jude and Greg hit
their target of raising £100,
for the British Skin Foundation
in memory of their late father,
Peter Massey. PBO caught up
with Jude at the Boatjumble.
Log on to http://www.pbo.co.uk to
watch the full interview.
Jude was joined at the show
Atlantic rower opens
Beaulieu Boatjumble
by PBO’s panel of experts,
whose talks on everything from
sea survival to ‘Alexa Sail my
Boat’ were a great hit. Readers
quizzed the team on
electronics, paintwork, VHF
radios and more, plus the RNLI
gave a liferaft demonstration.
Despite storms the night
before, the sun shone and
6,325 visitors turned out for the
Boatjumble to hunt downmaritime bargains and treasures.
There were 16 vessels for
sale in Boatmart, ranging from
a vintage motor cruiser and a
17ft gaff cutter to portable
sailing dinghies. A highlight of
the line-up was the beautifully
restored Fossil, one of only two
known 1950s Fairey Marine
launches.
Meanwhile in the Boatmall,
trunk traders sold off surplus
boating items, ranging from
fenders, tools, windows and
winches, to maps, telescopes
and steering wheels.
Find out more about
Boatjumble and other Beaulieu
events at http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/
events. To see live footage of
PBO at Beaulieu, visit
http://www.pbo.co.uk.Standedge Tunnel, Britain’s longest
canal tunnel: boaters, canoeists,
rowers and stand-up paddle boarders
are being encouraged to navigate
underused canals and rivers across
England, Wales and ScotlandQ Northern Boat Show
2018 , 25-28 May, at
Salthouse Quay, Liverpool,
northernboatshow.co.uk
Q Silvers Scottish Series,
25-28 May, at Loch Fyne
off Tarbert. Competitive
sailing and social activities
including live music.
scottishseries.com
Q Poole Regatta 2018,
26-28 May, Fast 40+ class
and HP30s racing, plus
shoreside activities.
pooleregatta.co.uk
Q Crick Boat Show,
26-28 May, Crick Marina,
Northants,
crickboatshow.com
Q Hayling Island Sailing
Club Whitsun Open
Regatta, 26-28 May, three
day regatta for adults and
young people, hisc.co.uk/
open-events-at-hisc
Q Leicester Riverside
Festival, 2-3 June.
visitleicester.info/whats-on/
riverside-festival-p
Q SORC Round the Rock
Race (soloFASTNET),
2 June, from Plymouth.
solofastnet.co.uk
Q Round Britain and
Ireland 2018, 3 June,
two-handed race, starts
Plymouth. rwyc.org/rbandi
Q Poole Harbour Boat
Show, 8-10 June, at Poole
Quay Boat Haven,
pooleharbourboatshow.
co.uk
Q Three Peaks Yacht
Race, 9 June, Barmouth to
Fort Williams.
threepeaksyachtrace.
co.uk
Q Suhaili Parade of Sail,
14 June, at Falmouth.
Suhaili, Gipsy Moth IV and
Lively Lady take part in a
parade of sail three weeks
before the start of the
Golden Globe Race 2018,
royalcornwallyachtclub.
org.Cruise it
or lose it
The Inland Waterways
Association (IWA) has
drawn up a list of 40
locations which it believes
could be at risk due to
insufficient use, including
the Standedge Tunnel on
the Huddersfield Narrow
Canal (pictured).
Those who visit just 20
locations on the list will
qualify for a special plaque
as part of the IWA’s Silver
Propeller Challenge.
Chris Mellor/AlamyStallholders at Beaulieu were
pleased with the turnoutJude Massey: still smiling after
a challenging transatlantic row