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    Regional news

    Jun 06, 2024 4 minutes

    SOUTH COAST & CHANNEL ISLANDS

    Tractor appeal

    A children’s sailing centre at Littlehampton has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help keep them afloat.

    Members of Arun Youth Aqua Centre are seeking to raise the last £5,000 needed to replace their crumbling 40-year-old tractor, which tows the one-tonne safety powerboats from the AYAC Jubilee Compound to the waterline and back up the beach each sailing session.

    Chairman Jason Brockhurst, said: “We desperately need a safe and reliable tractor to enable us to keep our young sailors safe and deliver the sessions we dearly want to.”

    ◼ www.pbo.co.uk/tractor

    Kill cord reminder

    Following near-fatal incident in Plymouth and a boat hitting the breakwater in Cowes, Cowes Harbour Commission is reminding powered watercraft users to wear a kill cord.

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