Following a particularly emotional journey through the snow with Nick to the Big Smoke, Komale nestled alongside the mainstage at this year’s Excel London Boat Show. Reports are that she came a close second in terms of raw crowd appeal to the daily appearance of bikini- clad dancers.
During her time in the capital, she led from the front as we raised £375.58 for the Army Benevolent Fund and £712.31 for Help For Heroes. Fundraising was done by a team of dedicated supporters to whom we are extremely grateful: Cherry (Nick’s Mum), Jono and Henry (fellow Army Docs), Rosie (Oar Fund bigwig), Angela and Nigel (Hamish’s parents) as well as Charlie, Rach and Fran (heroic friends).
We took the opportunity to launch the ‘Oar Fund’ in an attempt to gain more company on the row. The fund enables people’s names to be written on the boat in order to accompany us on our trip around the country. Please contact us if you would like to join the Oar Fund.
Komale, Hamish and Nick also made some great links with companies keen on supporting the project. Amongst other things Komale is very excited about having her new Forgen wind generator fitted, having her Comar AIS system installed, but like all members of the fairer sex is particularly pleased about International Paint’s kind offer of to provide new and rich colour to her top- and bottomsides.
Other news was the discovery of a reverse compass and an attempt at conquering the art of video interview by Nick when he managed to get the word ‘tides’ into a 1 minute interview with BFBS 7 times.
Nick with Sally Kettle (two successful crossings of the Atlantic, one of which with her mum).
