# Trustee sails the Atlantic to raise £20,000 for Fight for Sight

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/02/19/trustee-sails-atlantic-raise-20000-fight-sight/
- Published: 2004-02-19T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Clive Stone, a trustee of blindness charity Fight for Sight, has raised nearly
£20,000 for the charity by sailing non-stop 3,000 miles from Gran Canaria to the
Caribbean.**

One function of being a trustee is to support a charity’s fundraising efforts. Clive
Stone has achieved that in a most impressive manner by sailing across the Atlantic
in 19 days.

Clive, of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, skippered a four-man crew on his cutter-rigged
sloop. “The weather was mainly on our side,” he said, “although we had some dramatic
moments as well!” At one point a 35 knot squall nearly flattened the yacht.

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An ex-chairman of Fight for Sight, Clive says he was overwhelmed by the amount of
support he received. “When I started planning this trip I thought I would be lucky
to raise £5,000. To have raised almost £20,000 is absolutely fantastic.”

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