Geoff Holt Opens Accessible Pontoon
April 18, 2012
Disabled sailor Geoff Holt was guest of honour at a ceremony to open an accessible pontoon at Oxford Sailing Club.
The yachtsman, from Portsmouth, who was paralysed in a swimming accident in 1984, opened the £500,000 facility at Farmoor Reservoir in Cumnor Road.
The pontoon will make it easier for disabled sailors to use the reservoir.
It is the culmination of ten years work by the club, Oxford Sailability and Thames Water volunteers.
Geoff Holt was the first quadriplegic sailor to sail solo across the Atlantic and was made an MBE in 2010 for his services to sailing.
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