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The Sonar fleet

Banks at the Paralymics

The Sonar is the keelboat used in the Paralympics, and strong fleets exist across the world for both able-bodied and disabled sailors.

In 2000 Banks Sails sponsored the prizes at the first British Sonar Championships and we were pleased to see our customers take all the podium places.

British Paralympic sailor Andy Cassell and his crew did not quite repeat the gold medal-winning performance of the previous games when sailing was a demonstration sport. He did, however, win pre-Paralympic regattas in Cowes and Sweden, and eventual gold medallist Noel Robins used a Banks jib under certain conditions in Sydney.

Andy, who works for our sister company Ratsey and Lapthorn, works closely with Hugh Myers on the Sonar fleet in Cowes.

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