18/01/2013
Sea Cadets are at the London Boat show all this week. And on Friday cadets are on hand to help with the Olympic Gold Medalists racing on STAR class yachts, taking place dockside at Excel. Cadets are manning the safety boats and helping with the judging as 15 Olympians including Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson and Pippa Wilson compete in three special races.
Racing starts on Friday and continues till Sunday with three races taking place each day between 11am and 2pm. Winning presentations will be made by First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope with BBC’s Nick Knowles on Sunday at 230pm in the main hall and including London Navy Board Cadet Jessica Burton telling the audience what Sea Cadets means to her.
Visitors to the boat show at London’s Excel Centre can also see one of the original Trinity 500 craft which took part in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant last year, when 55 Trinity 500’s manned by 200 Sea Cadets led HM The Queen’s Royal Barge up the Thames. Visit us at stand C145 where we are generously being supported by our charity partner Fine Art Sails!