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Malcolm Turnbull launches faceboat
Sailors with disABILITIES announces innovative fundraising campaignMalcolm Turnbull, the Patron of Sailors with disABILITIES (“SWD”), launched faceboat -- an innovative fundraising campaign for families to experience the exhilaration of this year’s Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
Through www.faceboat.org.au, everyone can tick their bucket list and participate in one of the world’s toughest and most exciting blue water classics.
With a tax deductible donation of $25, mums, dads, kids and grandparents can have their face on Kayle -- the 52ft ocean racer that SWD is again sailing to Hobart on Boxing Day.
Donors will upload a photo of themselves, their children, and maybe even their pets with these to be printed on a mosaic and plastered around the hull of Kayle, a custom-built yacht ergonomically sensitive to the needs of people with a disability.
More than 3,800 snapshots can be placed on Kayle, with SWD confident that schools, companies large and small and other organisations will also participate.
Mr Turnbull, who will attend today’s launch at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia where the Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race begins on December 26 each year, said: “This is a fantastic fund-raising initiative from Sailors with disABILITIES which last year helped more than 3,000 disabled or disadvantaged people.”
“I have seen first-hand how SWD provides an opportunity for people to experience the wonders of sailing and in the process help change their perception of themselves, builds self confidence and teaches them not to be constrained by their situation,” Mr Turnbull said.
Kayle’s mosaic of photos will be unveiled on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 -- International Day of People with Disability.
The SWD sailing team for this year’s iconic race will again be a mix of inexperienced and experienced sailors, many with varying degrees of disability.
“It's our differences that keep us together and make us understand our circumstance,” said David Pescud, the Founder of SWD.
Sailors with disABILITIES (www.sailorswithdisabilities.com), is a Sydney based non-profit organisation that teaches sailing and yacht racing to children and adults with physical, intellectual, mental and financial disadvantages.
Supporters of SWD include Patrons Malcolm Turnbull and Ian Kiernan and SWD corporate partner Xylem Water Solutions. SWD has taken part in 16 Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht races, winning its division in the tragic 1998 event. SWD Founder David Pescud was at the helm then and in 2003 when the yacht Kayle set the world record for a non-stop, unassisted circumnavigation of Australia in 37 days 1 hr.
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