Welcome to what (hopefully) will become a regular part of your enjoyment of this site, my blog. In the coming months, this site will be growing and developing as the Personal Atlantic project itself develops, culminating in the daily blogs I will be posting during the event itself - we aim to leave the Canaries early December but there is much to do before then and time is disappearing fast; can you believe Christmas was a month ago already. 

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In a strange way, I find myself in exactly the same situation I was before Personal Everest. The plan is in place, most of the component parts are ready to fit into place, but we are in that period of limbo, the calm before the storm.  It's as though I have dozens of balls in the air, waiting for them to come crashing down all at once. For example, when will I appoint a carer? Who will become my primary sponsor? All major nuts to crack but I've every confidence I will.  The boat is not due back from Malta until May so we can not start to make any modifications to her until then.  Nor can we start spending money until we find a sponsor.  Yet still we must plan for the eventuality; arrange berthing for the boat when she's back, arrange delivery crew to get her back, arrange the PR plan, plan for the voyage itself.  You get the picture.

This is only my first blog on the new site so I'll keep it short but I thought you might like to see a picture of me in the Canary Islands a few weeks ago practising for the start of my trip from Gran Canaria. In case you are wondering, I'm actually sitting in the back of the thing - no miraculous leg peddling ability I'm afraid.