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	Chay Blyth CBE BEM - Motivational Speaker, After Dinner Speaker, Professional Yachtsman
		In 1966, Sergeant Chay Blyth, together with Captain John Ridgeway, rowed across the North Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Aran Islands in a 20ft dory.
		Amongst his many notable achievements, Sir Chay Blyth is recognized as the first person to open the sport of yacht racing to a wider audience, giving people from all walks of life the opportunity to race around the world on equal terms.
		Chay's inspirational idea was to build a fleet of identical one-design yachts, on which matched teams would sail the 'wrong way' around the world, to train Crew Volunteers, to attract a Title Sponsor together with individual Yacht Sponsors and to create a business environment which would benefit all involved.
	www.cityspeakersinternational.co.uk /speakers/speaker_chay_blyth.php (840 words)

	Sir Chay Blyth - Speakers Biography - Celebrity Speakers Limited
		Amongst his many notable achievements, Sir Chay is recognised as the first person to open the sport of yacht racing to a wider audience, giving people from all walks of life the opportunity to race around the world on equal terms.
		Chay Blyth, born in Scotland, joined the British Army's Parachute Regiment when he was 18 and rose quickly through the ranks becoming a Sergeant at the age of 21.
		In 1966, Sergeant Chay Blyth, together with Captain John Ridgeway rowed across the North Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Aran Islands in a 20 ft dory.
	www.speakers.co.uk /csaWeb/speaker,CHABLY (298 words)

	To the Ends of the Earth
		Then, a crew member of the eventual race winner, Chay Blyth, was lost when he fell into the icy waters of the Roaring Forties (an area of strong winds between latitudes 40 and 50°S) between New Zealand and Cape Horn.
		Blyth was later criticised for not looking long enough, but others said that hypothermia would have claimed the sailor anyway.
		Chay Blyth, the winner of the 1973 Whitbread, claimed that the design of the yachts in the Globe Vendée was untested.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/E/ends2/water5.html (591 words)

	Atlantic Challenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A man called Chay Blyth would eventually have a hand in beating the record, but not in the way he first imagined.
		Blyth had been his platoon sergeant, his friend, his teammate.
		English Rose III rowed by Ridgeway and Blyth came ashore on the Aran Islands after 91 days at sea, while Puffin, the boat rowed by Johnstone and Hoare was found capsized 84 days and 1,200 nm after they had set off from Virginia Beach, USA.
	www.atlanticchallenge.ie /htm/therace (785 words)

	Cruising World, McCormick, Blyth
		Likewise, Blyth's defining moments came on a self-imposed journey of sacrifice and deprivation, namely while pounding to weather in the same Southern Ocean where 182 of his "campers" are this month en route to Cape Town, South Africa, on Leg IV of the BT Global Challenge (the second race of its kind that he's organized).
		Chay Blyth is proud of his working-class roots and the fact that he's had to work hard for everything he's got.
		Blyth was approached by a group of investors who wished to hire him as consultant for a possible entry in the Whitbread Race, an event that had grown in stature and, some would say, self-importance since its early editions.
	old.cruisingworld.com /herbchay.htm (4792 words)

	John Ridgeway & Chay Blyth
		Chay Blyth grew up in a working-class family in Hawick, Scotland, "about as far removed from the sea as you can get in Scotland," he says, with a rich Scottish brogue.
		Blyth believes that an important ingredient in their success is that "John was an officer and used to giving orders, and I was a sergeant and used to taking them."
		Chay and I had lived in an open space twelve feet by five feet for a quarter of a year while rowing some 3,500 miles in a rather erratic course across the Atlantic.
	www.oceanrowing.com /Oceanrowers/blyth.htm (6491 words)

	The Circumnavigators - by Don Holm - Chapter 31
		In fact, Chay Blyth had a reputation of being a non-yachtsman, somewhat disparagingly, as it were.
		Blyth, himself, clean-shaven and dressed in his best, bounded about the deck ebullient of spirit and in the best of health.
		Chay Blyth says he carried with him the rope doll, "Winston," a lion, given him by Sir Alec Rose, for whom it brought good luck thus giving Winston a second circumnavigation.
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /books/circumna/ci_31.htm (1924 words)

	Overview of Sir Charles (Chay) Blyth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Blyth began his career at 16 as an apprentice in a local knitwear factory, but within two years he had joined the army, serving in the Parachute Regiment.
		Subsequently, Blyth has won a number of yacht races, including the two-handed Round Britain race (1978), a record-breaking time in the two-handed Transatlantic race (1981) and the successful Blue Riband transatlantic attempt (1986).
		Blyth was knighted for his services to sailing in 1997.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1204.html (280 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Sailing \| MacArthur must beware Cape Horn
		But legendary yachtsman Sir Chay Blyth has warned that MacArthur's attempt will still be in the balance as she makes the turn for home.
		Blyth thinks 5ft 2in MacArthur will be in pole position if she reaches the doldrums - an area of light winds near the equator - on time.
		Blyth also says that solo sailing against the clock has its particular psychological problems.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/sailing/4145335.stm (759 words)

	Blyth Valley - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Blyth Valley, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in north-eastern England, bordered by Tynemouth, Tyneside North, Hexham, and Wansbeck...
		Northumberland has a county council and six district councils: Alnwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Blyth Valley, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale, and Wansbeck.
		Valley, depression in the land surface often occupied by a river.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Blyth_Valley.html (94 words)

	First Great Western - Sir Chay Blyth swaps boats for trains as he joins First Great Western
		Sir Chay, who gained international recognition for his pioneering sailing ventures and is now a highly successful businessman, is to be Non Executive Chairman of the new company which has been formed to run the new and enlarged franchise from April 1.
		Sir Chay Blyth was born in Hawick in Scotland on 14 May 1940, the youngest of a family of five girls and two boys.
		Sir Chay has a Doctorate of Technology from the University of Plymouth, a Doctorate of Law from the University of Portsmouth and is a Fellow of the Institute of Professional Sales.
	www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk /NewsItem.aspx?id=20 (820 words)

	Challenge Business: Sir Chay Blyth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Born in Hawick, Scotland in 1940, Sir Chay has also lived in Cornwall (twice), Hampshire (Old Burseldon and Waterlooville), and has now lived on his farm in Gloucestershire for 8 years.
		In 1971 Chay was the first person to sail non-stop westwards around the world and as a result was awarded the CBE.
		Chay is available for speaking engagements on his sailing, rowing or business exploits, for instance after dinner speeches and conferences.
	www.challengebusiness.com /about/chay-blyth.htm (573 words)

	Aviva Challenge - Background - About Dee
		When Sir Chay Blyth suggested the Aviva Challenge, she was hooked.
		Whilst skippering and managing Formula 1 Sailing’s Farr 65s, she received the ‘call’ and was offered a job as a professional skipper in the fleet by Sir Chay Blyth.
		Dee was the only female skipper in the race and proved herself more than capable of handling the physical and mental demands of directing the amateur crew for up to six weeks at a time over seven gruelling legs.
	www.avivachallenge.com /index.asp?pageid=12 (516 words)

	SIR CHAY BLYTH SAILING AROUND THE WORLD SINGLE HANDED AGAINST THE PREVAILING WIND IN BRITISH STEEL 1971: SIR FRANCIS ...
		Sir Chay Blyth was born in Hawick in Scotland on 14
		Whilst in the Army, Chay Blyth together with Captain John Ridgeway rowed across the North Atlantic in a 20ft Open Dory from Cape Cod to the Aran Islands.
		After successfully completing this in 92 days Chay arrived back home to a heroes welcome and as a result was awarded the British Empire Medal.
	www.solarnavigator.net /sir_chay_blyth.htm (913 words)

	RowersWorld.com \| The Star Atlantic
		The lighthouse in the background is one of two which mark the passage into Kristiansand Harbor, on the southern coast of Norway.
		Together with John Ridgeway, Blyth rowed over the Atlantic in an open 20 foot boat in 1966.
		Chay Blyth, has recognized the increasing interest in challenges which put an athlete's courage and endurance to the supreme test.
	www.rowersworld.com /Content/Atlantic/race.php (412 words)

	Aviva Challenge - Background - Meet the team - Sir Chay Blyth
		In 1966, Sir Chay teamed up with Captain John Ridgeway to row across the Atlantic from Cape Cod to the Aran Islands in a 20ft dory taking 92 days.
		In 1997, Sir Chay was knighted for his services to sailing and has also been awarded the CBE, British Empire Medal and was voted Yachtsman of the Year and Man of the Year twice.
		In 1989, Sir Chay founded Challenge Business, a market leader in creating, managing and promoting world class yachting events, providing the opportunity for ordinary people to do the extraordinary, for the professionals to reach for the extreme and visionary businesses to achieve amazing results.
	www.avivachallenge.com /index.asp?pageid=29 (388 words)

	Blyth - new and used books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Derek Blyth, who has lived in Brussels for 10 years takes the visitor to secret and surprising places of Brussels as well as the usual tourist sights, monuments and museums.
		First across the line in the Whitbread Round the World Race Chay Blyth and his crew of paras equalled the record of the famous grain clippers.
		A memorial to James Blyth, 'denied his fulfilment by the roll of War' - a selection from his poems.
	www.isbn.pl /A-BLYTH (1115 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Chay's challenge of a lifetime
		Sir Chay Blyth, is the inspiration behind the BT Global Challenge race.
		Sir Chay said: "The man in the street who cannot understand all the sailing talk.
		Sir Chay says: "A lot of people can't take that conscious decision to step over the threshold from thinking about doing something, to wanting to do something, to saying I will do it.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/917309.stm (933 words)

	The Gordon Poole Entertainment Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sir Chay Blyth's first big sea-bound challenge was in 1966 when he rowed the Atlantic Ocean with Capt. John Ridgway.
		In October 1970 he set off from Southampton in his yacht British Steel in a bid to become the first person to sail alone non-stop around the world in a westerly direction.
		In 1992 Sir Chay masterminded the first British Steel Challenge Round-the-World Yacht Race in which ten identical boats crewed by professional skippers and trained amateurs followed the route he pioneered in 1971.
	www.gordonpoole.com /speakers/SirChayBlythe.htm (229 words)

	Chay Blyth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After successfully completing this in 92 days Blyth was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM).
		In 1968, with no sailing experience, he competed in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, aboard a 30ft yacht called Dytiscus retiring just past the Cape of Good Hope.
		However, a downturn in the sponsorship market meant that the 2004/2005 Global Challenge race set off without a title sponsor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chay_Blyth (524 words)

	The Voyage: Roz Savage: Rower, Writer, Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Two British men, Chay Blyth and John Ridgway set off from Cape Cod in a 20 ft open dory named 'English Rose III'.
		These brave men were not so fortunate as Blyth and Ridgway, and their boat, the Puffin, was found drifting and deserted in the North Atlantic several months later.
		The now knighted Sir Chay Blyth, inspired by his own Atlantic adventure came up with the concept of the World's Toughest Rowing Race in which 30 crews competed in the inaugural event in 1997.
	www.rozsavage.com /rowing/history.php (660 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - A Fighting Chance
		On that stormy Saturday in September John Ridgway and Chay Blyth landed at the little Irish village of Inishmore after rowing alone across the Atlantic in a tiny boat only twenty feet long and five feet wide.
		Both Captain Ridgway and Sergeant Blyth had a tough army training as paratroopers, but neither had much experience of the sea.
		Day by day, John Ridgway and Chay Blyth kept individual logs, recording their experiences.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A901586 (689 words)

	Talk:Chay Blyth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Correct: "Sir Chay" or "Sir Chay Blyth", never "Sir Blyth".
		Similarly, "Sir Chay Blyth CBE" is now wrong, and should be "Sir Chay Blyth KBE".
		I've corrected the wording for the CBE to what I think is technically right — "made a Commander", not "awarded a CBE" (though the latter form is widespread).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Chay_Blyth (351 words)

	The Herald
		Challenge Business, which was founded by Scots yachtsman Sir Chay Blyth, has called in the administrators after it struggled to maintain its turnover through the seasons.
		Only last month, it announced that it had had to postpone its next Global Challenge, which was scheduled for 2008-09, because it had failed to find a "title holder" sponsor.
		Sir Chay, who was born in Hawick in the Borders, worked his way into the record books in 1971 when he became the first person to sail non-stop around the world against the winds and currents.
	www.theherald.co.uk /71784.shtml (422 words)

	Amazon.com: "Chay Blyth": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		and regimental sergeant Chay Blyth rowed across the Atlantic in an open zo-foot-long dory." "This was not the first time two men had rowed across...
		The first two away were John Ridgeway and Chay Blyth, two former paratroopers who had previously rowed together across the Atlantic.
		In 1966 he and Chay Blyth had made names for themselves by being the first to row the Atlantic in his Cape Cod dory, English Rose...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Chay-Blyth (510 words)

	Ocean Rowing Summary: Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1966 Sir Chay Blyth CBE BEM rowed across the North Atlantic with John Ridgeway from Cape Cod on the North American Coastline to Ireland.
		This epic journey was the first successful ocean rowing crossing of the twentieth century and their courage and determination became an inspiration to people all around the world.
		More than three decades later, Sir Chay Blyth has provided 111 ordinary people with the chance to experience a similar adventure to his and succeed in the extraordinary, through the Atlantic Rowing Challenge.
	www.challengebusiness.com /events/summary/2003-atlantic-rowing.htm (253 words)

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