THE Cymru-Ohio Committee – along with Cymdeithas Aberaeron Society and Cymdeithas Aberteifi Society – is hoping to hire the Keewaydin, a 60ft 100-year-old two-masted wooden ketch, for the whole week of celebration.

The committee has launched a fundraising appeal to raise the sum of £3,400 to ensure that a boat they feel symbolises the importance of ‘hiraeth’ comes to Aberaeron.­

Owned by Cornish businessman Paul Welch, the Keewaydin was moored on Teifi Quay in Cardigan while it underwent renovations several years ago and is now part of his Falmouth-based company.

“We are appealing to the Welsh community here, in London, across the UK, indeed wherever Welsh-born people now are, and their friends to help us cover these costs to bring the boat over to the Welsh coast,” said a spokesperson.

“Please help by donating, no matter how small an amount, to JustGiving.com (account Nick Sawyer) – Nick was the 2017 Commodore of Aberaeron Yacht Club and is a trustee of Cymdeithas Aberteifi Society.”­

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