Ian Law at the mast on Beyond MS
Seasoned Melbourne Ocean racer, Beyond Outrageous, from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron is supporting Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia www.msra.org.au in their entry to the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. The boat will be rebranded as ‘Kiss Goodbye MS‘ as part of the full off shore racing campaign for 2011-12.
In an added bonus, Simon McKeon, Australian of the Year 2011, and the retired founding chairman of MS Research Australia, is the Patron for ‘Kiss Goodbye to MS’. Simon is a lawyer, investment banker, avid sailor, holder of the world speed sailing record, philanthropist, and has MS www.australianoftheyear.org.au. Crew member, Ian Law, also has Multiple Sclerosis and is determined to raise the profile of MS in Australia and to highlight what is possible to; Kiss Goodbye to MS. Ian Law said “this is a great way to raise awareness of MS and I’m extremely excited to be competing in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race. I’m also hoping that the wind is from the North for the race so that ’Kiss Goodbye to MS’ can show her ‘downhill’ credentials’.
In addition, ’Kiss Goodbye to MS’ is proud to announce Watermark Intellectual Asset Management as a supporting sponsor for the coming season. Watermark are a firm of patent and trade mark attorneys and intellectual property lawyers which is headquartered in Melbourne.
Tony Warren, owner and skipper, of Kiss Goodbye to MS, is a seasoned ocean racer having raced the two-handed 5500 nautical mile Melbourne to Osaka race three times, competed in the Sydney to Hobart three times (once with this boat) and competed in over ten Melbourne to Hobart ‘Westcoasters’. The rest of the crew have been vigorously campaigning the boat over the last two years in all the Melbourne based ocean yacht races run by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria.
Please contact Ian Law on: ianmclarenlaw ‘AT’ hotmail ‘dot’ com or 0458 448 100 for any media comment or further information.
Go Beyond MS and well done on the communication and presentation.
Hey Hairy One , good to see your still going hard , i miss the thrills and spills of sailing with you.
My mate Scotty who you would have meet at the bar passed away year before last , he had MS and it finally got him , im proud of you and i hope you and your crew do well mate.
Mark Austin