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CHEETAH OF PLYMOUTH
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CHEETAH OF PLYMOUTH ia a Reflex 38 racer/cruiser designed by Christian Stimson and built by Harley Race boats. This particular yacht, owever, is no cruiser, bare below decks. She means to do business and, with speeds capable of 20 knots, she has every chance to live up to her big cat name.
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Carole Newman - Skipper
Bob Beggs - Co-Skipper
Bob Beggs and Carole Newman will be racing off at the start of their honeymoon in the Shetland Round Britain and Ireland Race. Nearly ten years to the day since Bob proposed in Newport Rhode Island at the finish of the Single-handed Transatlantic Race for which the couple had just competed - in separate yachts of course. Bob arrived ten days before Carole in his Dazcat 26 having made repairs on-route with a smashed rudder on the first day! Carole meanwhile arrived with news of her own, having spent the last 32 days battling morning sickness and the tail end of Hurricane Bertha, neither of which she knew about before leaving!
And the last ten years as they say is history. The couple started the Performance Yachting Sail and Power School at the Mayflower Marina in Plymouth. In March 2004 the couple had there second child Rachel who is excelling at the title "the terrible twos" while Rebecca who was the cause of all mums problems in the 1996 Transat has followed in the family tradition at the age of nine and has taken to dinghy sailing.
Together with being the Principal and instructor for the school, Bob is also an RYA examiner. Between juggling the demands of the school, Bob has managed to fit in his second Round Britain and Ireland race, three Fastnets and became the winning skipper to the 'Times Clipper Round the World Yacht Race' in 2001, a fully crewed race run by Sir Robin Knox Johnson. All those achievable because he was able to leave Carole at the helm of the school. Carole, herself, has notched up three Atlantic crossings and a six hundred mile single-handed passage in the famous Folk boat Jester.
Although this will be Bob's third RBI, the idea of participating as a couple in this race had been on the cards for some years, and now they are able to fulfil this challenge with style, getting married at the Plymouth Registry Office the day before the race, with the wedding reception at the Royal Western Yacht Club that evening. Competitors in the race will mingle with the wedding party as they dance to live music into the early hours, before the reality of what lays ahead really sinks in, the race, not married life that is?
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Performance Yachting is an RYA Training Centre running a full range of courses from Beginner to Yachtmaster Ocean, theory and Practical, Sail & Power, including all the one-day courses in VHF SRC Radio, Sea Survival, Radar, Diesel Engine Maintenance, First Aid and our own GPS and Electronic Navigation.
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React is our chosen charity. It helps families with children with illnesses which will shorten their lives, React works to improve the quality of life for these families experiencing financial hardship, from equipment, holidays and, sadly, even funeral expenses. We are holding an Auction to raise money for the charity of Gifts and Services donated by individuals and companies. The Auction is on Saturday 8th April at 14.00 at the RWYC, Performance Yachting is offering Directors and business owners a day's corporate in exchange for a gift to auction. We are still looking for more gifts and services, for example PY have put up a 5-day sailing course worth £500 to start the ball rolling.
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