Me with Sarah and Ellen

(Sarah's boat in background)

If you are joining me for the first time, then you may be one of the many who saw me on the BBC today.  Roger Johnson has just left my house having filmed his piece for tonight's programme much to my wife's embarrassment as she is having her highlights done and had to bid him farewell with a skull cap pulled over her head and the smell of peroxide in the air.  Oh, the pleasures of being female.

Web traffic on the site has been building steadily in recent weeks and it is thanks to all of the publicity which has been generated in the press.  We had a whole page in the Portsmouth News last week and I have done interviews for forward publication in a variety of magazine and journals including Yachting Monthly, Beautiful Britain and the RNLI magazine to name but a few, so watch out for them.

All the publicity helps to raise the profile of the project which should, hopefully, attract a sponsor.  We have had several good leads with potential sponsors but the dreaded "credit crunch" has been a considerable factor for those considering sponsorship. I remain, as ever, optimistic, and the challenge will happen regardless of whether we find a sponsor, but it is such a wonderful opportunity, it would be a shame for a company to miss out on the journey.

Talking of journeys, my friend Sarah Outen has set out, for a second time, on her attempt to row the Indian Ocean.  If you have not done so already, I really would encourage you to visit Sarah's website www.sarahouten.co.uk and read her blogs and view her tracker.  Crikey, I thought I had a difficult task ahead of me, but it is nothing compared to what lies ahead for Sarah.

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