A DISABLED sailor has completed a 200-mile charity challenge.
Natasha Lambert, 17, has cerebral palsy and sails only by breathing through a straw which controls an electronic system designed by her dad, Gary.
She made it to St Katharine Docks in London after setting off from the Isle of Wight in her specially adapted 21ft yacht Miss Isle Too, and will now continue her charity efforts with a fundraising walk around London today.
Natasha is undertaking the challenge to raise funds for her own charity, ‘missisle's school of sip and puff sailing’, which will give others with a similar disability the chance to enjoy sailing by ‘sip and puff’, using only their breath to control a sailing boat.
Her previous charity challenges include sailing around the Isle of Wight, crossed the Channel and sailed over five hundred miles to Wales before climbing the South’s highest peak.
For more details visit missisle.org.uk.
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