Velux 5 Oceans - Skippers go sailing with local youngsters

2:25 PM Thu 9 Dec 2010 GMT

'The Velux 5 Oceans skippers took a break from working on their yachts yesterday to spend an afternoon messing about in boats with underprivileged children at a Cape Town sailing school.' Velux 5 Oceans &copy Click Here to view large photo

Velux 5 Oceans - The Velux 5 Oceans skippers took a break from working on their yachts yesterday to spend an afternoon messing about in boats with underprivileged children at a Cape Town sailing school. Chris Stanmore-Major, Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski, Derek Hatfield and Brad Van Liew paid a visit to the Izivunguvungu Sailing School in Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula. Izivunguvungu was set up as a social development initiative to teach sailing and maritime skills to local children from poor backgrounds. Children from as young as 11 are first taught to swim before getting basic lessons in sailing. Since ...

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