THE COSMIC BISCAY CHALLENGE
On September 20th at 11.00hrs the cosmic crew, predominantly Wargrave residents, set sail on the gruelling 1500 nautical mile voyage across the notorious Bay of Biscay from Plymouth to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
The crew, with Sir Steve Redgrave
The majority of the crew have little or no sailing experience and each of them is paying around £1,000 for their own passage.
Why?
The adventure?
Gale force winds?
Waves crashing over them as they change sails?
Personal discomfort of 4-hour watches and seasickness?
Possibly one or all of these reasons
but more importantly each member of the crew wants