New photo gallery added showing the arrival in English Harbour, Antigua on Tues 6th April 2010.   more »

Getting back to normal after 7 days back onshore.   more »

The big push for the finish, land ahoy & the struggle to get into English Harbour followed by the jubilation of the arrival.   more »

At last the race is on final countdown. Thoughts and emotions as we finally set off for Antigua    more »

The return back to La Gomera to start preparing the boat for its solo voyage and to get a taster of life on board    more »

For some reason a couple of donations that I posted today didn't attach who they were from, so this explains more & how well the fund raising is progressing. Thanks for all your ongoing support.   more »

A new target start date has been set, a return flight has been booked & it's full steam ahead, albeit with a revised crew ...... this is now a solo attempt.   more »

Some videos shot in & around La Gomera marina are now available for viewing thanks to the kind donation of an HD Video Camera from Imperial Independent Financial Advisers.   more »

The delay has at least allowed me to post some photos on our web site (see Photo Gallery - La Gomera 09) & to explain a little more about what is causing the delay ...... read on.   more »

More delays force a temporary retreat back to the UK to regroup before returning when favourable weather has established.   more »

Unseasonably bad weather systems building from the US are not being deflected North as they should due to the lack of a high pressure over the Azores.   more »

Frustration as we have to hang around until Wed 9th Dec due to a delyed race start. Ah well more time to fatten up !!   more »

Putting on the extra weight for a challenge like this can be quite a struggle but Tom & I found a solution to the problem .....   more »

Problems with posting articles from the Spanish internet cafe mean that this blog may have oversized pictures in it but here goes .........been back in & fixed it!!   more »

Some frustrating issues may cause a delay to the race start. But ´DiDi´& the guys are all good to go & will be in the water this afternoon.   more »

The Skiff Club show their true spirit of putting DiDi through her final paces as Roger, Keith & Hilary spare no effort to take her on an expedition to the pub & back. A chance encounter with the Media Wisdom team meant that the outing did not go unrecorded.   more »

Not exactly Christmas wrapping paper but we'll be able to unwrap our Christmas dinner safe in the knowledge that it's snugly packed away safe from the elements.   more »

Many thanks to our latest Silver sponsor as Vestey Foods provides the food & supplements to power the crew across the Ocean.   more »

DiDi gets a facelift in preparation for the beauty parade at the start in La Gomera. Shame the same can't be said for her crew ......   more »

Ok so here are the details of the accident & a colourful picture of the aftermath for you. Will Roger now curl up, lick his wounds & slip quitely back into normaility? Is this the end of ocean rowing for the pair? Read on & see ...   more »

Asthma UK still need your help to combat this debilitating condition. Thanks for your help in raising £7,000 so far. Read more about how Asthma UK is focusing their efforts on World Asthma Day to help children not to miss out.   more »

Looking forward to arriving home on Sunday but please spare a thought for the teams & crew of the support yacht still out at sea for many days to come.   more »

A brief account of thanks to all those involved in bringing us safely back to Geraldton.   more »

Don't mess with us .... we're hard! Take a look at our race hair cut if you don't believe us.   more »

DiDi had her first foray out to sea from Western Australia & all is good for the start on Sunday. Fingers & toes crossed.   more »

We're finally on the water as well as producing it from our watermaker & with the steering now rigged are good to go!   more »

Nearly time for DiDi to get her bottom wet again.   more »

Hopefully we've got a solution to the solar panel issue but won't know for sure until we can get to the shops tomorrow. We won't be able to that when we're out at sea!   more »

Gremlins have got into our electrics this morning, so a little problem with one of our solar panels needs resolving.   more »

In the cool of the setting sun we can look back on another productive day & feel confident that we're on track ready for sea trials early next week.   more »

It still seems strange to see details of our adventure in print, especially in a publication such as this along side other intrepid explorers.   more »

We passed the last nail biting onshore challenge today with the boat being cleared by the race organisers as ready to go .... but we've still a bit to do.   more »