Little Ship Club

The Little Ship Club are now the latest sponsor of the People's Boat campaign.

Established in 1926, the Little Ship Club has a long tradition and a unique location on the North Bank of the River Thames in the heart of the City of London.

The modern clubhouse is the base for the club's shore-based activities, including a highly-regarded RYA training programme and many social events. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is the clubs President.

The club has always had two main objectives, social and educational. It provides those with a love of the sea and boats, both power and sail, with a place where they can meet and exchange ideas, and it also gives members the opportunity to learn navigation, seamanship and other skills.

Click on the link above, or the logo on the yacht on the People's Boat website to go to the Little Ship Club website

New sponsor - JW wines

J W Wines is a privately owned Wine Warehouse based in Waterlooville in Hampshire.

Founded some 20 years ago in a little back room in a local village by John Withers who, with his extensive knowledge of good wines from around the globe, supplied wines for local community events. From those humble beginnings the company has gone from strength to strength, and although John retired some years ago his ethos has remained with the new owners who remain dedicated to sourcing the best wines to suit all pockets and imaginations.

"You will not find our wines on your local supermarket shelf."

Click on the link above, or the logo on the side of the yacht, to go to their website.

February Competition Winner

This months winner of the People's Boat draw is...

Mark Hendy

Mark will join the previous winners for a day out on the Class 40 yacht.

To be in with a chance of winning this excellent day out, all you have to do is what Mark did and that is sign up and sponsor a square on the side of the boat. It only costs from £25 to have your picture on the boat and help us raise money for charity.

New Sponsor - BLUEMAPIA

Glad to welcome the latest sponsor onboard.

A great new concept in yachting/social media. Bluemapia is an online community where like minded sailors can share their experiences on cruising. It is based on a Google map format onto which people can place information about a port or a trip they have made, then others can use the information for their own purposes. It is a bit like a Wiki page for cruising sailors.

Go have a look at their website and sign up to upload your own trips and helpful tips on ports you have been to.

As always it seems the simple ideas are the best - well done Marcello and everyone at Bluemapia for creating such an intuitive and brilliant site.

Olympic medalist sponsors People's Boat

The latest sponsor of the People's Boat campaign is none other than Olympic swimming medalist and BBC sport reporter, Steve Parry.

Steve won Bronze at the Olympic games in Athens in 2004 for 200m butterfly and was the first British swimmer to win a medal for 8 years. He has held several records and understands what it means to be committed to winning, much like we are.

He now runs a training company called Total Swimming which encourages people to get into the water and swimming. They currently have a program of touring schools and setting up a portable swimming pool in the school hall and having top swimmers, such as Steve, encouraging them.

'It's great to have someone like Steve in the campaign who understands top level performance'

Disney/Pixar appointment

Well what a great start to the year...

I have just been asked to be the 'sailing advisor' for a new Disney/Pixar film being made right now, called 'John Carter of Mars'

There is a scene which involves airships which 'sail' across Mars, so I will be working with an aviation adviser as well.

Life is never boring that's for sure. I'll keep you posted as to how it all goes.

Here's to a good year

Well with christmas and new year out of the way it is back to looking for a title sponsor. Cancer Research UK are busy working with a couple of potential sponsors, while I have been in touch with some other well know companies - watch this space.

New year was great for me. I was at a party on a friends house boat - huge amount of space and comfort, nothing like a Class 40! However it was nice to begin the new year again on a boat on the water (albeit connected to the shore).

PEOPLE'S BOAT DRAW - JANUARY RESULT

The lucky winner of this months draw for a day out on the race yacht is - SAILING FOR FUN. A small yacht charter company based in Cornwall. They have three pixels on the race yacht on the starboard quarter.

Other news; Ramsgate week is now filling up with corporate days now booked by Hornby, Scalextric and Vattenfall. Although not racing we will be sailing around entertaining the guests for the day and may even join in one or two of the longer races such as Round the Goodwins where we can stretch our legs and show what a Class 40 can really go like once let free.

All the very best to everyone who has supported us in these early stages and here's to a great 2010.