Heaven Can Wait - but dinner shouldn't

5:04 AM Sat 2 Oct 2010 GMT

'Tom Slingsby (L) and Nathan Outteridge' Australian Sailing Team

As we all prepare for dinner in one shape or another, the sailors involved in this year's Heaven Can Wait 24 Hour Marathon on Lake Macquarie in NSW, will be making do with whatever is onboard. However, it was only last night that the Catering Officer and staff at Toronto Yacht Club turned on a delightful BBQ, salads and pavlova combination for the crews and guests. In marking the fifth running of this exceptionally well patronised Men's Cancer Research event, it seemed only fitting that the original target for fundraising was surpassed and reset to $35,000. By the time the ...

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by John Curnow

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