30 July 2008 - Cancelling a sail is always galling ... more ...

29 July 2008 - Yesterday's sail from Salcombe to Mevagissey was tense for everyone ... more ...

27 July 2008 - Today was a big day for Arty ... more ...

19 July 2008 - We left Portland for Brixham at 7am on Thursday ... more ...

14 July 2008 - Yesterday we got up at 4am for a 6am departure ... more ...

12 July 2008 - What a day! ... more ...

11 July 2008 - Unbelievably, we are still in Lymington ... more ...

4 July 2008 - The weather has to be the most frustrating thing in the world ... more ...

2 July 2008 - It's looking as if Friday might be a good day to go ... more ...

1 July 2008 - Simon Rogers brought Richard Russell from r-p-r to visit ... more ...

29 June 2008 - Success! Well, partial success ... more ...

28 June 2008 - Toby spent another frustrating day bent over the electronics ... more ...

27 June 2008 - The weather continues to frustrate us ... more ...

26 June 2008 - Today I woke up to a message on my phone ... more ...

25 June 2008 - After a few hours' sleep ... more ...

24 June 2008 - We arrived in Lymington at 00.49 to the warmest welcome we have had yet ... more ...

23 June 2008 - The phrase I've heard most often on this trip ... more ...

20 June 2008 - When I got up this morning Paul announced; "I would describe Hilary's mood as excited", ... more ...

19 June 2008 - It was a stormy night which shook the camper vans ... more ...

18 June 2008 - The sail from Eastbourne to Brighton turned out to take longer than expected!... more ...

16/17 June 2008 - After a couple of minor glitches we left Dover at 3.00 PM today ... more ...

15 June 2008 - We must be the camping equivalent of neighbours from hell! ... more ...

14 June 2008 - To say that today has not been plain sailing would be an understatement. ... more ...

A Personal Perspective - Hilary speaks candidly about her forthcoming voyage and puts everything into real perspective. This was filmed during Hilary's training and preparation at UKSA and appears on the 'Changing Lives' section of the UKSA website. Hilary is a UKSA Ambassador for Disability - link to video

9 June 2008 - Today’s weather was supposed to be somewhat inclement, to say the least. ... more ...

5 June 2008 - Today we had had to make one of the hardest decisions that any sailor ever has to make ... more ...

3 June 2008 - Well, three years after sitting through the long range radio course syllabus I have finally passed the exam for the short range VHF licence ... more ...

26 May 2008 - Well, the “wet team” have all arrived at UKSA ... more ...

19 May 2008 - I hardly know where to begin. ... more ...

29 April 2008 - Some of you visiting this web site may have read the article about me in The Sunday Telegraph Stella magazine on 20^th April ... more ...