Boat Details
Name “Teal”
Coastline 7.0m Rib, built 2009, 1st Launched / Commissioned May 2011
Built by Coastline Marine, Hamble, Hampshire. www.coastlinemarine.co.uk
Technical:
Length Overall 7.0m
Length Internal 5.8m
Beam Overall 2.25m
Beam Internal 1.25m
Hull Weight (excluding engine, console& seating) 460kg
RCD Category B
Engine Suzuki EF175
Fuel Capacity 140l tank below deck, plus flexible portable fuel tanks.
Navigation Equipment, Garmin 5008 Chartplotter, with UK Charts
Main Sponsor
Essential Supplies,
Manufacturers and distributors of power systems, lighting and rigging to industry and event companies. Started in 1996 in a small garage in Cornwall, the company has seen continued growth over the years, and now employs 10 staff working out of a brand new 5000 sqft warehouse by the river Tamar . Essential Supplies sells its unique range of products throughout the world. In
September 2011 Essential Supplies will launch a new range to power cables and shore power electrical equipment, designed for marinas, boat owners and commercial marine companies. The round UK trip is designed to help promote the company’s profile and its products.
Products include: 16A to 125A power cables, distribution panels, outdoor and event lighting, ropes and rigging. See http://www.essentialsupplies.co.uk/ for further details
Skipper
Simon James (50), founder and Managing Director of Essential Supplies, moved to Cornwall in 1995 from Surrey. Married to Sarah with 2 children Paddy (12) and Meg (10). Sarah works alongside Simon selling decorative lighting. Home is very close to the sea at Downderry, where Meg goes to primary school (beside the beach), while Paddy goes daily to school at Plymouth College. Simon has enjoyed boats all his life, bought his first Rib a Zodiac in 2003, then an Avon 5.6m in 2006. The whole family are involved with boats and the sea, spending a lot of time on the beach and ribbing holidays on the Scilly Isles.
Crew
Simon is inviting various friends, and business customers along on the trip. Some people will come for a few hours and others for a few legs of the trip. No one else so far is fool hardy enough to come on the whole trip. Quite just how Simon intends to meet up with the right people at the right times and in the right places is a mystery to everyone. Watch this blog.!
Charities
Simon is using the round Britain Trip to help raise money for 2 charities. Parkinson’s UK and Multiple Sclerosis Society. Both charities work to support research and provide practical help for anyone effected. Simon’s father Matthew James has had Parkinsons for about 10 years and Simon’s sister Lucy Matthews has MS.
More on charities later
