Girl with CP preparing to sail The Channel using Sip/puff system

16 year old Natasha Lambert plans to sail her boat Miss Isle Too, a mini
transat racing sailboat, across the channel, from France to England on the
1st of July 2013 single-handed, using a sip and puff control system. 

A couple weeks ago, she sailed around the Isle of Wight (England): 

Sailing around the Isle of Wight is a challenge for any mariner, but it was
one that disabled sailor Natasha Lambert took on with gusto to raise money
for the RNLI. Tash sailed her boat by sucking and blowing on a straw, and her
adventure raised a whopping £5,000 for the RNLI volunteers at Cowes. 

Read the story at:
Miss Isle
http://www.missisle.com/

Disabled sailor honoured with RNLI Youth Supporter Award
http://rnli.org/NewsCentre/Pages/Disabled-sailor-honoured-with-RNLI-Youth-Supporter-Award-after-raising-%C2%A317000.aspx

Miss Isle's preparation for the channel crossing 2013 (video 3:00)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia7RH4GXq9Y&feature=youtu.be

Disabled teenager sails around Isle of Wight (video 3:21)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9QJOJwXGCE

RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution
http://rnli.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution

Related:
Challenged America - Adaptive and Therapeutic Sailing Program Since 1978
http://challengedamerica.org/home/

2013 Transpac Team Challenged America, Join Us To Hawaii
http://challengedamerica.org/2013/04/join-us-to-hawaii-2013-transpac-team-challenged-america/

Submitted by Bruce Fleming