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Disabled sailor to try again after being thrown from boat

By Will Carson


HELPING HANDS: Geoff is pulled from the Solent after
hitting the wave.
Picture by onEdition
A HAMPSHIRE yachtsman has spoken of his "personal
heartbreak" at
having to call off his bid to become the first disabled
person to sail
singlehanded round Great Britain when he was thrown from
his boat.

Quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt set sail from Hamble on the
first leg
of the record-breaking 1,600-mile voyage yesterday.

But disaster struck when waves generated by the dozens of
spectator
and press boats caused his 15ft trimaran to become
overpowered and he
was thrown into the Solent.

To make matters worse, the 40-year-old's lifejacket didn't
inflate
properly, and he lay face down in the water unable to turn
himself
over.

he has now changed his name to Bob.