Miss Clare Francis, MBE, guest speaker at the presentation of awards meeting, ended her speech by making a surprise presentation of her own. On behalf of the whole crew of ADC Accutrac, the yacht which she skippered in the Whitbread Round-the-World Race, she gave to Major-General Farrant, CB, chairman of the Institution, an historic bottle of champagne which had been carried twice round Cape Horn: first by Gipsy Moth IV and then in ADC Accutrac. will be used to raise funds for the lifeboat service..