Co Skipper Announcement

People's Boat are pleased to announce their co skipper for the Global Ocean race 2011/12.

David Thomson will join Alex on the Class 40 and they will race together for the next three years.

34 year old David from Gosport, has a wealth of racing experience. The younger brother of Alex Thomson, who skippers the Open 60 Hugo Boss, has already raced around the world in the Portimao Global Ocean Race and brings with him a lot of Class 40 experience.

'We are in this race to get a result - not just finish.' Between them they have a massive amount of ocean racing experience to draw on and together will be working on getting the most out of their Class 40.

Ramsgate Week

Good News

The People's Boat has been booked by the Royal Temple Yacht Club to act as the host yacht for the event sponsors. Although we will not be racing in the event, we will be out on the water demonstrating to the sponsors what the boat is capable of.

Come down and see us in Ramsgate next August 26-21

Website

The website keeps going from strength to strength. Yakimbi, the designers, have done a fantastic job in getting the pixel layout sorted as well as keeping the regular updates going. If anyone wants a top notch website designed and hosted then these are the guys to do it. Very professional, and dedicated group of people.

We are very lucky to be working with them as they 'get' the whole idea behind the campaign and are quick to respond to any changes.

Thanks Andrew and the team

Business Scene Berkshire Network Evening

What a great evening.
We were invited by Daniel McLaren to attend the Berkshire Business Scene networking event last night at Reading Audi.
There were around 70 business people there and what a buzz there was. The interest in People's Boat was fantastic with many people offering support both on a presonal level and also on a business level. I think the offer of a day out sailing on the race boat, AND the chance to bring along clients swung it for many people.
Also the charity donation at the end of the race proved very popular with everyone.

We expect the campaign to begin gathering momentum, especially after meeting with one particularly interesting gentleman - Graham Hill, who I look forward to chatting to again in a week or so's time.

Watch this space...

New T Shirts

As well as receiving our new Polo shirts and Musto jackets today, we also got a box of printed T shirts. Also available to buy at £10 each plus postage.

Team Clothing

We have just received our first delivery of embroidered team clothing from Wild Group and it looks FANTASTIC.

The jackets are light grey Musto snugs with the Global Ocean Race logo and the People's Boat logo embroidered on the front. There is a union jack on the right sleeve and the website on the back under the collar.

There are also some rather nice white polo shirts with a dark blue flash at the top of each arm, again they have the same embroidery as the jackets.

If you want to buy any, the jackets are available for £145 each plus postage and the polo's are £35 each. Drop me an email at alex@peoplesboat.com

Another sponsor for the People's Boat

We would like to welcome on board 'Strawberry Fields' hotel in Brighton as the latest sponsor on the People's Boat.
A great hotel only a stones throw from the pier with plenty of rooms. Ideal for a short break and a stroll along the beach. The first hotel in Brighton to offer 'brunch in bed!' with breakfast delivered to your room.
http://www.strawberry-fields-hotel.com/index_1.html

Yesterday we collected our first consignment of clothing from Wild Group in Southampton. They have done a great job in transferring Chads images onto the new jackets and shirts. Thanks to Kizzy there for helping it all go through smoothly.

Unfortunately, due to a spate of sickness, todays planned meeting with Cancer Research has been delayed until next week, after which we hope to have a major sponsor on board soon.