Downstream

for a sponsored swim to raise
funds to convert HMS Wilton,
due to replace Bembridge as
the headquarters of the Essex
Yacht Club. Sponsorship
would be based on the
number of completed miles,
with a further bonus for
completing the swim within
one tide. He was originally to
start from Jocelyn’s Beach in
Leigh ‘as soon as there is
sufficient water’, and the
swim would be abandoned ‘if