The North Channel isn’t a very enticing place when you want to sail to Portpatrick on the Mull of Galloway in Scotland in windy conditions in a hydrofoiling Waszp dinghy and even less so when you’re attempting to set a Guinness World Record.
So Matt McGovern and Bob Espey from Ballyholme Yacht Club on Belfast Lough had to postpone their first attempt to do just that in a fundraiser for Jodi’s Giants, a group set up to raise money for children’s cancer charities. The focus of this attempt is the Tomalin family whose little boy Jodi was diagnosed with cancer last year.
The first attempt on 12th June was scuppered by strong winds and big seas but on the evening of 16th June, the boys were successful and made it the twenty-two miles to Portpatrick and back by midnight.
On last Thursday evening, Matt and Bob set off with little warning in a perfect 12 -14 knot southerly breeze and arrived just off Portpatrick Harbour in 1 hour 30mins.
Matt said he is not sure if it will be accepted as a Guinness Record, but they do have a GPS record of the trip.
Safety cover was provided by Safer Waters, a charity which provided safety cover for community events.
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