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Keep your eye on this website for special deals brought to you by SWD and BROKENWOOD.
HORDERN HOUSE Rare books - Manuscripts - Paintings - Prints
| Antiquarian book dealers specialising in: Voyages and exploration, Pacific colour-plate books and natural history, children's literature, early Australian paintings and voyage art, historical maps and prints, and Australiana. |
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Derek McDonnell is one of the directors and founding partners of Hordern House, the Sydney rare book and manuscript dealers who are supporters of SWD.
He explains: "I see a real fit between our business and SWD -- a surprising one perhaps, but since we specialise in rare books about voyages and discovery, and of course about Australia, sailing and ocean passages are a natural continuation of what started with Cook, and with Columbus and Vasco da Gama and all the others before him. For me the very significant fact that SWD competes in the real world, and not only in a disabled milieu, makes it even more attractive. Their results in the Sydney-Hobart are of course the more glamorous end of it, but as a Sydney-sider and a sailor myself, to see that the organisation gets some 3000 disabled children onto the water every year as well as undertaking this competitive sailing is quite remarkable. We are very happy to be sponsors of this splendid organisation and hope that we may be able to introduce some other supporters."
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RFD is proud to be a supporter of SWD. RFD MD Mark Barker is an active sailor at the CYCA, the same club where the SWD boat is berthed. Prior to becoming involved as a sponsor, Mark personally spent time on the SWD boat and helped out as a crewman on several occasions. |
Sailors with disABILITIES is offering 10 crew places for clients and / or staff on 20 races. Experience the fun and excitement of competitive sailing onboard a grand-prix ocean racing yacht on Sydney Harbour. The following items are included in this sponsorship package:
AUDI Winter Series
The AUDI Winter Series is the only opportunity to race on Sydney Harbour during the low or winter season. Sailors with disABILITIES offers the opportunity to participate in this event to disabled sailors. This is the only way that they can experience the thrill of racing a grand-prix ocean racing yacht, at a very competitive level alongside a highly experienced crew who can cater for (and in some cases, relate to) their special needs. The following attributes are included in this sponsorship package:
This racing yacht is unique in the world and it has already received significant media coverage. Additionally, its very high level of activity ensures year-round visibility in Australia's premier ocean races in the Whitsunday's and Southern Tasmania.
We need your help in reaching out to more disabled and disadvantaged children and adults providing them the once in a lifetime opportunity they would otherwise not get. We offer various sponsorship packages that will help with the growth of Sailors with disABILITIES, and making this dream a reality.
Each sponsorship package has a different value and consequently a varying amount of benefits. We guarantee that all packages will involve supporting and enabling disabled sailors and developing and expanding the opportunities available to both disabled and disadvantaged children and adults.
Each Package is only a guideline. Sailors with disABILITIES is happy to discuss any variations to the packages or design a tailor made sponsorship package more suited to your corporate requirements.
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