Technical Partners
Technical Partners
We value the support of our technical partners who rank among some of the leading names in the sailing world. Our technical partners are primarily supplying specialised sailing equipment to the project and we are very grateful for their support.
Raymarine
Raymarine is proud to provide support for Hilary, having supplied vital marine electronics ands navigation products for her to use on many of her earlier sailing challenges. Hilary's boat, and her support craft, are equipped with a range of Raymarine products including an ST4000 autopilot, C80 chartplotter, ST60+ instruments, and radar. For her safety at sea, she is using an AIS250 to provide details of vessel movements in her vicinity. Hilary and her support crew are using Raymarine hand held and fixed mount radios for communication. Hilary is also using Raymarine's RayTech Navigation Software on a laptop with speech recognition for passage planning and downloading routes.
Marathon Leisure
Marathon Leisure is one of the largest Marine Distributors within the UK and Eire supplying over 7500 products to Retailers, Boat Yards and Boat Builders. They have generously provided a whole range of chandlery supplies and equipment for Hilary's boat and support RIB.
Ocean Safety
Ocean Safety is a well-known and successful company specialising in the supply and distribution of marine safety equipment. They have provided life jackets for Hilary and the crew and a whole range of safety and life-saving equipment, including a danbuoy, liferaft, flares, etc.
UK Sailing Academy (UKSA)
The UKSA trained Hilary for the Channel Challenge, and is continuing to support Hilary by offering their facilities at their centre in Cowes. UKSA are allowing Hilary the use of their base so that she can train and get valuable time on they water. They are also providing specialised training to the RIB drivers and safety crew.
Musto Ltd.
Musto have come onboard to ensure that Hilary stays warm and dry during her Round Britain challenge. Musto have customised and supplied Hilary with the three essential layers (base, mid and foul weather gear) to ensure that she is able to complete her challenge without having to worry about extremes of weather. Musto is adapting its already proven technology to specifications required for Hilary to allow easier changes as the weather and sea conditions alter. They have also provided discounted technical clothing for the crew.
OneSails
A leading sailmaker in technology and performance supplying sails to top race boats plus super yachts and cruisers. The team at OneSails are passionate about sailing and take pride in the quality of products and service they deliver, bringing revolutionary sails to the market place. OneSails, and previously UK Halsey, has generously donated sails and advice to ensure Hilary can safely realise her dream.
Imray
Imray is a major supplier of nautical charts, books, publications, and software and has provided Hilary with charts to assist with route planning and navigation.
Gecko Headgear
A Cornish company established in 1993 by Jeff Sacree which specialises in manufacturing safety helmets for use in situations where top quality protection is a must. They have provided Hilary's bright blue and pink helmet that will ensure that, not only will she be properly protected, she should be seen from some distance!
Vizual Marine
Builders and company behind the concept of the Artemis 20 have adapted one of their 6m racing keel boats for Hilary’s Round Britain Dream. With funding for the build from Artemis, Vizual Marine have spent a great number of hours adapting the Artemis 20 to the specifications required for Hilary. We thank the small team of Dave, Johnny & Morna for their support and involvement.
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