Dear Jester, Firstly, many thanks to all those who completed our insurance questionnaire. This yielded some interesting and useful results that we hope may help us in reversing what seems to be a deteriorating climate for singlehanded insurance. We will be following up on this in the coming months, once the 2022 Jester Challenge has … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter, May 2022
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Jester Helm Newsletter, Jan 2022
Dear Jesters Welcome to 2022! It will soon be sixteen years since the first Jester Challenge got under way in 2006, and despite the difficulties of the last couple of years, all of the twelve Challenges planned during that period have been successfully completed. This is a great vindication of Ewen’s vision and tenacity. This … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter, Jan 2022
Jester Helm Newsletter No 3
Dear Jester Challenger or supporter, past, present or future, Six months ago we weren’t sure whether it would be possible to run any sort of Jester Challenge this year, so we are very pleased to have managed, against considerable odds, to have ended up with two events completed. The replacement for the Jester Baltimore Challenge, … Continue reading Jester Helm Newsletter No 3
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A Surprise for Ewen
The idea was Bernie Branfield’s: a parting gift for Ewen comprising a book of reminiscences, comments, stories and photos from the Jesters who had participated in events over the last fifteen years. The word went out and the articles came flooding in. The final professionally bound publication contained 117 contributions from 69 Jester Challenge participants … Continue reading A Surprise for Ewen
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