A great cause - Liferaft: Sailing with Cancer - Sailing Escapade

The sailing community is full of amazing people. This post will introduce you to one of them – Olle Nash

Olle is one of our neighbours in the marina. Over the past few years, life has thrown many challenges at him, but he has always tackled them with the utmost positivity.

In 2018, he was diagnosed with a rare condition – Extra Mammary Paget’s Disease. This was the start of a complete change in his life with continual visits to hospitals, consultations with specialists and various treatments for cancer, including major surgery and chemotherapy. Throughout this period, he has, and continues to receive tremendous support from, not only his family and friends, but also, of course, the NHS and MacMillan Cancer Support.

He is now in a place where he wants to give something back, so he is currently planning to sail around the UK, raising awareness (and money) for the excellent MacMillan Support Service. This would be an extraordinary feat under normal circumstances, but Olle is intending to do this while still undergoing treatment for cancer.

Covid allowing, he plans to leave Ipswich in April 2021 and spend three months sailing around the UK, with regular stops on route for treatment and recovery time.

So far, Olle has raised over £6,500 through pages on GoFundMe and JustGiving.

Check out Olle’s website – Liferaft: Sailing with Cancer (link at the side) to read his story and follow his adventures.

Oh and spread the word…every little helps!