Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK: Cowes Combined Clubs, the organisers of Skandia Cowes Week, have today confirmed that Peter Harrison has accepted a challenge laid down by Kit Hobday to match-race Harrison's Farr 52 CHERNIKEEFF against Tim Louis and Kit Hobday's BEAR OF BRITAIN during Skandia Cowes Week (August 2-9).
The match-racing is scheduled to take place as soon as the RYS line is clear of the daily racing (between 1700-1800) and will be staged over the course of three evenings during the Week.
Part of the challenge from Hobday is that the series loser hands over £5,000 to the Skandia Cowes Week Official Charity, Sail4Cancer. This is a poignant move, given that Hobday is himself fighting cancer.
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