It's Joe's Blogg #6
GOAL!!!
Don’t
worry, the Blogg remains a football-free haven. We just needed to capture
the attention of the three of you who are still glued to World Cup coverage
in preference to Team Hesco…we’ve some important news to share.
Those of who you have been receiving the Blogg from the start will be
familiar with the four objectives we set ourselves before embarking on
the Atlantic Rowing Race. Some of the more recent ‘Joe’s Club’
members won’t have seen them…so let me remind you:
1) To complete the 3,118 nautical mile crossing of the North Atlantic
Ocean, by oar power alone, unsupported;
2) To set a new record for the time taken to row the Atlantic, unbroken
for 110 years at 55 days;
3) To become the first crew to row unsupported from the US mainland to
the UK mainland; and
4) To raise at least £100,000 for the Meningitis Trust.
Now it is with great pleasure – and of course the appropriate drum-roll – that we can announce the achievement of Objective Four. We've yet to receive confirmation of the final amount, but we can report that the funds raised to date are now in excess of £100,000!
Once again, I’d like to thank all of you who are supporting Team Hesco and Commando Joe, for without your assistance, backup, generosity and sheer collective willpower, we wouldn’t be where we are today.
In particular, we’d like to mention J&E Shepherd, the race sponsors who have adopted the Meningitis Trust as their charity. On Thursday night, at a Meningitis Trust benefit dinner held by Shepherd’s in Edinburgh, a live link-up with the Mount Spirit boys was arranged. Whatever they said during their call to the guests, it obviously worked; the dinner raised £60,000!
With Objective Four completed, let's ensure the boys have all the support and encouragement you can throw at them to help them achieve the remaining three.
The
latest from Mount Spirit
Team HQ is now back in New York, where we spoke to Charlie this morning
(Saturday). All members of the crew are in good spirits, as those of you
who have been following the daily progress reports will know. We also
received the following update direct from the boat...
“A
big thank you to... A tough night last night riding out a Force 8/9 gale. We and our trusty boat, Mount Spirit came through and we're now cracking on again. We had a visit from a US Coastguard vessel earlier asking if we were "the little orange dinghy off their port bow and do we need assistance...?" Our frog is named DILLIGAF until further notice. Some of you will know what it means, some won't. The fact is DILLIGAF sits on the boat, smiling in all conditions!!!” |
Future
Bloggs
Team HQ returns to Blighty next week, so expect forthcoming Bloggs to
come through on a more regular basis and at less unsocial hours!
RISK training is proud to sponsor Joe's Blogg from the Shepherd Ocean Fours Atlantic Rowing Race 2006
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