Our final 'Lawyers and their boats' entry consists, appropriately enough, of news of two legal profession triumphs on the water.

The first saw Tony Summers, a former partner at insurance firm Weightmans, and James Davies as the oldest and youngest members of the BG Spirit crew which won the 2004/5 Global Challenge race in July.


Mr Summers tells us that to his knowledge at least four solicitors took part in the challenge, which involved amateurs on 12 identical yachts racing around the world for almost ten months. The pair completed all the legs of the race, the toughest of which was the 7,500-mile long stretch between Sydney and Cape Town.


The second moment of glory came at the national veteran rowing championships, held at Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham recently. Catherine Leech (pictured above right, at the rear of the boat), a personal injury partner at Manchester firm Pannone & Partners, won gold in the women's coxless pairs alongside Jacky Corvin-Czarnolski. We are told that the pair - who were representing the Salford-based Agecroft Rowing Club - were almost a full five minutes ahead of crews from Sheffield, Birmingham and Belfast. They then went on to win gold as part of a coxed four at the veteran world championships, held at Strathclyde Park in Scotland this month.


Meanwhile, several readers have written in asking for details of the Law Society Yacht Club after we reported that its burgee had a shark on it. The commodore, Sue Leon, has contacted us to say that the club's annual general meeting will be held at Dine (formerly Tooks) in Tooks Court, Cursitor Street, off Chancery Lane, London at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 18 October. For more information, contact Sue Leon, tel: 01892 664765, e-mail: leonsue@aol.com.