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Thought i would send another message. I was looking at all the pics of your family. Your boys are adorable and Louise sounds like an incredible woman. I was also sad to hear from my mother about your father. How horrible for you all. I hope that the waters ahead are calmer for you all. Best wishes, Georgina
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I just thought i would drop you a line and say wow what an amazing adventure. When is the documentary coming out? I would love to know. I had no idea you loved sailing while we were growing up! I hope your brothers and mother are all well. Well done, take care.
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14 Jan 2009
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Hi Adrian,
Hi Adrian,
I've just finished reading your Book, I couldn't put it down ! What courage you have shown us all, Loiuse and your two lovely Sons must be so very proud of you, as are we all. I followed you every step of the way via your Website, but the book has brought it very vividly to life. God Bless you all, may the future bring you only peace and happiness.
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Ted Gregory
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02 Jan 2009
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A great book, an even greater feat of seamanship, and some impressive world-wide communications. Suddenly I feel small by comparison
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27 Dec 2008
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My wonderful children bought me your book for Christmas 2008. The best read in 25 years. You are gifted to have literary and nautical skills. I've always told my wife and children being bloody minded is not always a bad thing.
Hope you sell the boat to someone who uses it.
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24 Dec 2008
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Well done Adrian, a really great undertaking, and a super book with a welcome contemporary feel to it. Not just a re hash of all the great solo voyages that we grew up with ! Also what a great 'ground crew' !
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08 Oct 2008
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Adrian.Congratulations,well done. I wish you good luck and a steady course for the rest of your life
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Jasmine Henes
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13 Aug 2008
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Dear Adrian,
I hope you are well. I came across you in my thoughts the other day and discovered this website. Many congratulations on your great achievement!
Best wishes,
Baba
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We have an expresion here in México "esos son huevos" means what a brave man Congratulations!
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Peter Conroy
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30 May 2008
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Very well done - I am looking forward to reading your book - you really have done something that not many people on this planet could even dream about. Those school days seem a long long time ago...
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Christopher Belton
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28 May 2008
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Just wanted to say very well done on such an amazing effort.
I have just been reading a Stonyhurst Newsletter in which Adrian's trip was detailed. I am so very glad that a freak wave got A back on board when all seemed lost.
Really a inspirational thing to do.
Very best wishes,
Chris Belton (OS 74-79)
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28 May 2008
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Hello, Adrian! I can hardly find words to express how happy my family is that you're finally back home. I'll never forget you and maybe sometimes I will tell my grandchildren with proud about our meeting. Enjoy your family and beautiful summer!
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27 May 2008
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Short and sweet for a change ! ......
I am truly honoured to know you. You have made real your dream something the rest of us merely aspire to and work at. I hope one day the boys will really appreciate the magnitude of your achievement and the dedication and committment shown by both you and Louise . You left a man and returned a hero . How many of us can say that about our fathers ? Congratulations
Wishing you every success and more with your book.
Love you all
Karen
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25 May 2008
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You are a great navigator of the twenty first century! A great man, who has set sailed in the vast oceans alone. Your courage has inspirating us that nothing is impossible in life, as long as we never give up hopes and dreams.
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Andrew Baker
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Didcot, Oxfordshire
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22 May 2008
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Hi Adrian,
BIG CONGRATULATIONS on completing the voyage - an amazing feat and an inspirational story. I saw you & Louise on Thames Valley Tonight yesterday after you'd arrived home - and am very proud of you completing it.
I haven't been in touch for a long time, but I've not forgotten about your incredible feat - and am proud to have been associated in supporting you all the way!
I know you'll have something up your sleeve again soon - and I'm sure you'll do well again!
All the Best - and to Louise.
Andrew Baker
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Mike Crone
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22 May 2008
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Adrian
You have experienced the power and beauty of the sea.
Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm, the boat was good the man good. You have achieved your goal well done.
Mike the scouser
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Ricardo Diniz
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Portugal
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21 May 2008
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I am so happy for you Adrian. Your inspirational challenge and achievmente is quite mind blowing. I have huge admiration for how you went about this. Enjoy being back with your children. They must be so happy and proud. All the best. ric
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Francis Heybrook
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Buenos Aires
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21 May 2008
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Well done Adrian and Louise! A fantastic, inspiring effort and a great thing to have achieved. Good luck with the next more terrestrial stages!
best wishes
Francis
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Bibi Roy
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London
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21 May 2008
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Adrian
Congratulations on your fantastic achievement. All the best. Bibi and all at HSBC.
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Bibi Roy
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London
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21 May 2008
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Adrian
Congratulations on your fantastic achievement. All the best. Bibi and all at HSBC.
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Marcus Hayward
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Kent, England
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21 May 2008
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Hi Adrian, Many congratulations. I heard you speaking at the London boat show and thought then what an inspiration you were to us as potential world cruisers but now we realize that you are an inspiration to the nation. Well done again and we look forward to hearing you speak about your experiences. Marcus
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Emma Blake
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Oxon
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21 May 2008
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Dear Adrian, I remember you mentioning something of this plan 17 years ago when we met at the European Business School (you and your brother had come to our Panto at the invitation of Rebecca Orde, and I was singing) - congratulations on staying true to your dream and actually doing it! Wishing you a very safe return to dock. Kind regards, Emma
www.emmablake.com
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maureen cook
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East Sussex
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21 May 2008
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Congratulations and welcome home Adrian. When I was listening to you talking to JW this morning it brought a lump to my throat. Look forward to the book and (hopefully) we'll be hearing more from you over the next few months.
Thank you for giving us something to ccheer about for a change.
Maureen
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Gerald Quest
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Hamilton, New Zealand
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20 May 2008
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Well done Adrian !
I would have loved to have been at Southampton to witness your return first hand, unfortunately I am in New Zealand until July 20th.
It is a great relief to see you home afe and sound.
Congratulations ! I can't wait to get my hands on your Book in October.
Gerry Quest
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Monica Wilson
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St Albans
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20 May 2008
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Adrian - a fantastic and inspiring achievement. Well done indeed on what I know has been a tough but exciting venture. Something to be very, very proud of, not many people could have mastered it. Sorry I'll not be there with Tim tomorrow to welcome you back. Am sure will find a chance to celebrate with you sometime. Kindest regards, Monica Wilson (Tim Thornton's girlfriend)
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Eily Flanagan
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South Africa
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20 May 2008
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Darling Adrian, My one regret is that your Father is not here to witness your triumph, nhe would have been so very proud, as I am and only wish that I could have been with you today. You have shown great courage and mental strength, God Bless you.
Your fondest Mamanxxxooo
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Malinda & Cam
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From: |
Nome, AK USA
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20 May 2008
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Congrats Adrian!! We can't wait to read the book and meet up with you to hear about the rest of your adventure.
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Charles Cynthia Siddall
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Chearsley, UK
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19 May 2008
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Congratulations Adrian on your fantastic achievement! We are sorry that we cannot be there to welcome you on Wednesday, but we are thinking of you and all that you have done both personally and for charity. Much Love, Charles, Cynthia, Harrison, Tessa and Spencer Siddall
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Bé Vonk
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Heemskerk Netherlands
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18 May 2008
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Nice to read that Barrabas is running home at record speed (7 knots average) and the Navy (bless them) visited. You've been part of my life during years. Will miss you and the home front. The welcome in port will be grand. One day we'll meet again, don't know when, don't know where.... Wishing you and the team the very best in future life. Bé.
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Thomas Barclay
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London
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14 May 2008
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best of luck for the final stretch.
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eily flanagan
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08 May 2008
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Darling thinking of you and open up your web each morning, hope all s going well, good luck and God Bless your every loving MAMAMXXXOOO
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Bryan
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Wellington, New Zealand
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05 May 2008
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nearly there Adrian. Your an inspiration. Still happily following your adventure.
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Matthew Power
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Liverpool
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04 May 2008
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Adrian, Sorry not to have sent a message for a long while. All good wishes for the homeward leg. Matthew
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Gerry Quest
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Hamilton, New Zealand
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01 May 2008
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Hi Adrian,
I've followed your progress from the begining. I'm looking forward to seeing you safely alongside once more in the Hamble.
Have a safe last leg of your epic voyage.
Take care,
Gerry Quest
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Dennis Rawle
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Derby UK
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30 Apr 2008
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Adrian, best wishes from everyone at Exalto UK for you momeward journey.
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02 Mar 2008
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Don't Worry, Be Happy! =)
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29 Feb 2008
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Don't Worry, Be Happy! =)
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Arturo Palmer
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Andalucía (SPAIN)
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29 Jan 2008
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CONGRATULATIONS, SOMETIMES FOR BEING HAPPY YOU MUST DO ONLY WHAT YOU WANT.
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Gerald McLoughlin
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Edinburgh
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23 Jan 2008
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Adrian, I can only say I am amazed and impressed.
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B.Vonk
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Heemskerk Netherlands
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31 Dec 2007
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Dear Louise, Adrian and family
Have a good crossing to 2008.
Just saw Barrabas patiently waiting. We'll be following Adrian and her again "next year" (as off tomorrow).
Regards from all of us.
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Rob Webster
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London
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24 Dec 2007
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Adrian, just to wish you all the best and what a feat it will be, take good care, (electrician@Ovington Sq)
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B.Vonk
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From: |
Heemskerk Netherlands
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05 Nov 2007
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Good to know Adrian that you are safely back in the UK.
Am looking forward to your book (2008). In the meantime I downloaded the four Broadly Boats News Specials from editor Ian Johnstone-Bryden I'm reading number three at the moment and am fascinated as he gives us background news and many details up to now unknown to me. Thank you Ian for these free downloads !! Nice "meeting you" on page 15.
Best regards to all of you and happy days.
Till 2008. B.
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Roy
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Mehamn
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01 Nov 2007
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you can watch Barrabas at mehamn.net, click "alpha global expedition"
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Roger PETTERSEN
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From: |
Norway
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23 Oct 2007
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Hello Adrian. We are in Vardø now.Have a nice trip back to England.
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Kyle Case
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From: |
Seattle, WA, USA
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18 Oct 2007
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Dear Adrian,
It is exciting watching this Alpha Global Expedition trip from the internet, and congratulations on your achievements to date.
Yours Sincerely
Kyle Case
http://www.kylecase.com
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Igor Melnikov
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From: |
Murmansk
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Date:
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10 Oct 2007
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Good day to everyone who's interested in Adrian's staying in Murmansk. I, as his agent, shall try and do my best to make his passing smooth. We all admire his exploit and pray for him and Barrabas.
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Francis Heybrook
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From: |
Buenos Aires
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Date:
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04 Oct 2007
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Well done adrian, good stories as ever! I had a ukranian captain and russian crew on my container vessel across the atlantic, similar silence/refuelling at meals!
Any chance of a reflection on the current political exploitation of the arctic region? The russian sub placing a titanium flag under the north pole seems to be part of the sudden rush for underwater land. "In fact, 45 countries with coastlines qualify for potential "extended underwater territory" rights under the new UN Law of the Sea Convention." - says the guardian article. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/22/oilandpetrol
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=383&sid=1254547 is the link to another article
I'm out here in Argentina, and the Brits aren't popular for suggesting they expand their territory around the Falklands. It even includes funny little islands like Rockall (where!?)
Good luck and think of the salmon, there are bags of them where you are now!
Francis
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Victor
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Toronto
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02 Oct 2007
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Adrian, I am glad to see you safe on board the ship that can get you through. Despite the reports of ice easing it would be enough to stop you at silly 200 mtr. ice bearier with no way around. I commend you for the wise decision. It looks like your guestbook becomes the forum of North, but where else variety of people can share their observations about NE/NW passages.
I checked BBC news as per Imogen mail and found very good connection to Peter Semotiuk who was part of american Belvedere crew in 1988 when David Cowper of Newcastle was going with his Mabel E. Holland eastbound and Vagabond II of Capt. W. Jacobson. Any one knows of fate of this Dutch Yacht that turned around back from Dikson ?
All those interested in further exchange of info please contact me at victor1@ca.inter.net
Cheers, Victor
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Filomena Viegas
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From: |
Portugal - Sintra
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Date:
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01 Oct 2007
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Message:
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Dear Adrian.
Today is your birthday and I wanted to wish you a very, very happy day, going ahead, keeping strength and confidence.
Hope we get something better in the future, through your expedition.
fifeca
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Louise, Benji and Gabriel
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From: |
Bucks
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Date:
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01 Oct 2007
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Happy Birthday Adrian - we'll celebrate when you get home. Love from your proud family x
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Woody
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From: |
UK, Bucks
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Date:
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30 Sep 2007
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Hi Adrian, hope your having fun. Wishing you a safe voyage home... hurry up, lunch at the crown with the girls and the children beckons! :-)
Love Woody & Zoe xx
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Prem Maghoo
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From: |
indian ocean mauritius
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Date:
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29 Sep 2007
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Dear Adrian,
I wish you all the best and good health for the final part of your expedition. Then you will deserve a nice break on the Paradise island of Mauritius at La Pirogue hotel , where the team will join me to welcome you.
Warm Regards
Prem Maghoo
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Bé Vonk
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From: |
Heemskerk
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Date:
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28 Sep 2007
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Adrian, good luck!!
Your followers have additional messages for each other !
To Imogen: Thank you for the BBC information. I looked it up and even the answer to your doubts is there:
The Northeast Passage through the Russian Arctic has also seen its ice cover shrink and it currently "remains only partially blocked," Esa says "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6995999.stm
The green line on the picture is interrupted. The block can be seen on http://iup.physik.uni-bremen.de:8084/amsr/Arctichesky_visual.png
Adrian has to pass here to reach the UK sailing along Norway's coast.
Greetings from Holland for Adrian, the "team" and the folllowers.
To Imogen:
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Name: |
B'e Vonk
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From: |
Heemskerk Netherlands
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Date:
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26 Sep 2007
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North EAST Passage !
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Name: |
Imogen
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From: |
London/New Yord
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Date:
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26 Sep 2007
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Oh ... Mr Swanson did it under sail power.
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Name: |
Imogen
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From: |
London/New York
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Date:
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26 Sep 2007
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Congratulations must go to Roger Swanson, a 76-year old pig farmer turned yachtsman from Minesota who completed the North West Passage single handedly in just 45 days last week. Speaking to journalists in the Wall Street Journal he reports it was smooth sailing, with next to no ice, just very cold. As a keen sailor myself, and having followed this blog for many weeks, I can now understand what has been puzzling me for so long - why aren't we reading about Adrian Flanagan and the Alpha Global Expedition in the media. Perhaps it is because he does not sail (or research the facts he intends us to believe) as well as he writes.
If anyone else is interested in the five yacht successful NWP crossings that have been made in the last couple of weeks, the BBC has an excellent feature on their website called Northwest Passage: Plain Sailing, and there are some excellent articles in the Wall Street Journal.
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Francis Heybrook
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Buenos Aires
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24 Sep 2007
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Hello Dear Louise and Adrian
This bit of reading might be of interest for you and adrien (http://lots-of-imagination.blogspot.com/2006/12/confession.html). I am sure adrien will return as a some sort of eco activist, i enjoyed his take on the Cormac McCarthy's literature. Also a fan of his.
Good luck
Hugs
--
Francis Heybrook
Environmental Entrepreneur
http://positiveworks.blogspot.com/
Guatemala 5982, Buenos Aires, CP 1425, Argentina
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Name: |
Victor
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From: |
Toronto, Canada
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Date:
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19 Sep 2007
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Adrian,
I hope you will make good hop onto this timber cargo ship to get to Dickson. I have been following you since last year while assisting two yachts westbound to pass NWP in 2006 in single season. s/y "Stary" just missed you in Nome while s/y "Nekton" followed to Dutch Harbour. Dave Cowper was very concerned about your problems about fornight ago and we are glad to see you in Tiksi. Can I get the name of this Dutch yacht that is stuck in Tiksi and may be the contact with it's crew? if you can find out.
Cheers,
Victor
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Mark Belderbos
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From: |
Preston, Lancs
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Date:
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17 Sep 2007
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Dear Adrian - I have been reading about your trip - what an awesome and extremely challenging expedition. Hope you manage to force your way through the Arctic ice O.K., and that all goes well for the rest of your journey. It will be a fantastic achievement, and our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Mark Belderbos - President, Stonyhurst Association.
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Mike Travis
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From: |
Liverpool
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Date:
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17 Sep 2007
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Hi Adrian, I thought you might like to know that the Clipper Ventures race started in Liverpool yesterday (Sunday). Is it really even years since we last sailed together? take care.
Mike
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Olive
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From: |
Gloucestershire
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Date:
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10 Sep 2007
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Hi Adrian, I hope that all is going well for you. I have a son who shares your name and he enjoys his adventures too. By odd coincidence I also have daughter called Louise
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Alastair Currie
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From: |
Sakhalin Island, Eastern Russia
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Date:
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05 Sep 2007
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Message:
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Adrian Flanagan is one of these characters whom the British should talk about more. What people like him do is demonstrate what ordinary people can do if they "just do it".
Ellen McArthur is a great sailor who also demonstrates these qualities but her sailing is way beyond realistic goals for most folks. She is talented and sponsered to the point where most people see it as just another business, which has minimum impact on them.
Guys like Adrain though, who's wifes are part of the team, can realy inspire. Normal folks want real but ordinary inspirational people which make them feal that the extraodinary can be achieved.
I am a Yachtmaster Instructor, who works in the oil and gas industry in near artic waters of Russia. I have witnessed state of the art modern ice breakers struggling and failing in conditions which are only 4 months away. As the Equinox approaches, the turmoil in the weather only gets worse. When it arrives its takes no quarter, no lee way, its over in an instant.
Good luck Adrian - but dont push it and try your luck with a last chance dash - many people have tried and some like Shakelton beat the weather, the vast majority didnt.
Great stuff - but I want to hear you about your success - not failure.
As for Global warming - its an opertunity, our planet keeps rotating anyway.
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Name: |
Bé Vonk
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From: |
Heemskerk, Netherlands
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Date:
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05 Sep 2007
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Message:
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the cost of transporting the boat through the ice prohibitive ??
let's, in this case, raise the money, ask the fans to help, you never know !!!.
Play it safe.
Good luck.
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Paul Chitnis
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From: |
Glasgow
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Date:
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18 Aug 2007
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I am following your journey around the world with great interest and admiration. Now I know what a year in the West Wing is preparation for! With my good wishes and prayers.
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Mike Crone
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From: |
Victoria British Columbia Canada
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Date:
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15 Aug 2007
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Adrian
Greetings from a scouser, I have been following your voyage with great excitement. The nicest thing a bout facing a great challenge is achieving your goal. You will then be able to look back on all the great memories, the hard times and dangers will all be worth the effort in achieving the first solo vertical circumnavigation of the globe. l wish you luck and fair winds for the remainder of your trip, looking forward to reading your book. Cheers Mike Crone
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Dennis Rawle
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From: |
Derby UK
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Date:
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15 Aug 2007
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Adrian, reading your log regularly to see how you are doing. Hope you are well and everyone at Exalto wishes you well and look forward to you completing your voyage. Lets hope you do not need any bearings this time.
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Name: |
Bé Vonk
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From: |
Heemskerk Netherlands
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Date:
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14 Aug 2007
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Adrian, have you any idea how many people, unknown to you are keeping track of Barrabas and wishing you well? I'm one of them and have been following you right from the beginning. First thing in the morning is checking your whereabouts (get the blog going again please!!) You have a companian in my ocean crossing interests, Ralph Tuijn who is rowing solo over the Pacific. Both of you have may sincere admiration. Wishing you all the best, no ice and favourable wind. And do not think that only the young generation backs you up ... I'm from 1923!
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Mike Travis
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Liverpool
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Date:
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06 Aug 2007
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Dear Adrian, it doesn't seem that long ago we were sailing the Liverpool Clipper in the 2000 Clipper Race! While you're upo in the 'frozen north', I'm planning my second voyage dwon into the Antarctic in 2009. I'll look forward to catching you up sometime when you're safely home and swap our oppsite ends of the world stories and swap a bit of gossip. God speed.
Mike
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Karen Roe
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From: |
Dubai
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Date:
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02 Aug 2007
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Everyone knows a reprobate and I am yours. No fame no pictures just a heart full of good wishes and admiration. May the spirit of the wind carry you safely and fill your heart with a thousand memories and emotions to treasure for ever. U r in my prayers. Tons of love XXXXX Karen (Roe)
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Matthew Power
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From: |
Nr. Liverpool UK
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Date:
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01 Aug 2007
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Adrian, Rather missed the boat, as it were, on the start of the new stage of the voyage. Hope all is well and that you are in good heart. Matthew
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zoe woodward
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From: |
haddenham
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Date:
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27 Jul 2007
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Hi Adrian
We're all thinking of you and hoping that you are enjoying yourself and above all keeping safe. Hats off to you - in awe of your achievement. will look forward to seeing you back home safe and sound - lunch at the Crown? love from all the Woodies
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Jeremy Hand
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From: |
London
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24 Jul 2007
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Adrian, I have been following your progress since this circumnavigation was brought to my attention on the College website. A number of emotions have come over me - firstly concern, for your welfare and safety. Secondly, pride at your marvellous tenacity and sense of adventure and finally a tinge of jealousy too. You are doing what all young boys dream about and I think thats absolutely fantastic! I wish you every success on this, the homeward run.
Upon further reflection of your exploits John Masefields' "Sea Fever", sprang to mind.
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sails shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gulls way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
After reading this, to me anyway, it makes what you are doing so much easier to undertand! Best of luck old boy! Look forward to hearing your stories on your safe and successful return!
Quant Je Puis!
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Malinda & Cam
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From: |
Nome, AK
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Date:
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17 Jul 2007
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Adrian, We watched you sail out to the open waters this afternoon. We will be thinking of you often. We look forward to your safe return and meeting up with you in England somewhere to hear of your adventures. Your Friends, Malinda & Cam
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Caroline Brereton
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From: |
Woodlands, Alresford, Hampshire
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Date:
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15 Jul 2007
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Just to say have a problem free journey and all the best for a safe return. I owe you drink in the George in East Meon on your return.My washing up has improved as I now realise it is cheaper to wash the glasses than to break them and replace them!! With best wishes Caroline
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Martin Amy
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From: |
N50.52.822, W01.21.837
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Date:
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15 Jul 2007
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Hi Adrian,
I guess that if has all gone well that you will now be at sea and into the next stage of your adventure. Both my two young sons and I will be following your trip and all three of us wish you the very best - happy sailing, safe sailing.....
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Name: |
Simon Bradley
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From: |
Staffordshire UK
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Date:
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13 Jul 2007
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Go for it Adrian!
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Name: |
Dan and Betty Churchill
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From: |
Washington, D.C., USA
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Date:
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12 Jul 2007
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Adrian,
When we first met some 10-12 years ago, we recognized you as a dynamic and restless spirit, but we certainly did not anticipate the challenges to which you would be drawn. We continue to follow your progress on this record setting expedition with admiration, not envy, just admiration. May the pack ice stay well away and may your route be clear. With best wishes,
Dan and Betty
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Name: |
Judy Standafer
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From: |
Wales, Alaska
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Date:
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09 Jul 2007
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I came across your expidition by accident and am surprised that I have never heard about it since I am about 100 miles NW of Nome in an Eskimo village on the Bering Sea. It will be great to see your boat pass by. I have been up here for 9 years and have heard lots of stories about the waters in the area plus seen what the summer ocean can do to boats and people. I wish you the best.
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Name: |
eily flanagan
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From: |
south africa
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Date:
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08 Jul 2007
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Message:
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Hello darling, thinking of you god speed Maman
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Name: |
Martin Conder
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From: |
London, England
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Date:
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05 Jul 2007
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Message:
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I have circumnavigated the globe sailing on "Logica" in the BT Global Challenge. It was tough but the experience only serves to give me even greater respect for what you have done and are about to do. I will be following your progress with great interest. Good luck.
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Name: |
Gerry Quest
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From: |
Exeter,Devon.
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Date:
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28 Jun 2007
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Hi Adrian,
Time flys, it seems such a short time ago that you left Nome 8 Months ago.
I cannot even begin to imagine doing what you are about to attempt but your couraage is such a tremendous example to we lesser mortals who take the easy road, and stay at home by the fire(Summer or Winter these days it seems in dear old
Blighty!)
God speed Adrian, I (like so many of your fellow Countrymen) will be watching your progess with pride and admiration, but with just a little
trepidation too. Roll on the day when we can all welcome you back into home waters.
Gerry Quest
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Name: |
Jo Tate
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From: |
Dordogne, France
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Date:
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24 Jun 2007
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Hi Adrian good luck with your next leg (don't forget to bring back some cod :-) All The Best Jo
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Frank Stone
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From: |
Norfolk & Suffolk
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Date:
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22 Jun 2007
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Adrian,
I wish you all the very best on the next leg of your outstanding adventure. I was so impressed with your story and the lessons it provides when you spoke to the network. I look forward to the next gripping tale. Godspeed, come home safe. Frank
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Bob & Tina Hadley
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From: |
Thame, Oxfordshire UK
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Date:
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20 Jun 2007
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Message:
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There will always be a glass of champagne waiting for you here at Gallery Hadley. If you cant find a minute before you go out to Alaska then it will be here for you on your celebrated return. God speed we shall be with you. Love R & T
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Name: |
Bryan
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From: |
New Zealand
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20 Jun 2007
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I wish I could write something profound for you Adrian. So I guess it comes down to this....
“Enjoy a cheeky wee smoke of B&H at sunrise, think of your friends and remember to show no fear especially in fear itself. Aye, do just that and return safely to your loved ones”.
You now clutch an accolade for inspiring others such as Chichester gives to you. Watching Connor sail solo for the first time at 10 years old occurred under an English wintry sky in fair wind and rising moon. That was the proudest sight I’ve ever witnessed. He came ashore and asked “If he could ever do what the sailing man does”. Such moments can’t be measured appropriately. I remain grateful that we had a chance to meet you.
See you both in New Zealand one day.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover”. (Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer)
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Name: |
Rob Kemp
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From: |
The sail loft!
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Date:
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19 Jun 2007
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Hi Adrain
As always all of us at Kempsails will be thinking of you. As your yoyage moves into the next stage I am sure you are a both a little
nervous and anxious to get going again but I think it is important to take a look back, you have achived a great many personal goals and some very public milestones so it is important to set sail with the confidance of many thousands of sea miles behind you.
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Name: |
Matt Atkins - Kemp Sails
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From: |
Dorset UK
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Date:
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19 Jun 2007
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Good Luck with Phase 2 Adrian! We all know you can do it...bring yourself home safely and don't forget to enjoy it!
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Name: |
Scott Peterkin
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Lilburn, Georgia USA
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19 Jun 2007
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Adrian, The wind that left your sails late last summer returned to my lungs when I felt I could also stop holding my breath for you! Counting on your safe and quick return so I can read your book (which I preordered last year). If the journey ever slows let us know about this year's music play list. Best of Luck! Cheers - Scott (Yahoo Groups Eva Cassidy discusison group)
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Andrew Baker
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Didcot, Oxfordshire
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18 Jun 2007
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Hi Adrian, I've seen about your attempt to complete the voyage . . . great stuff I hope it all goes well and wish you the very best of luck with it! I hope you can complete it this time (with no problems) and hope you also manage to raise lots for CHOX - you are a great determination and an inspiration for doing this epic and amazing feat!
Sorry I haven't been in touch for ages, I'm just about to finish my A-levels now in the Sixth Form at St Birinus, and my last exam this week . . . so I will follow your voyage again now! I'm gonna continue my crusade raising £20,000 for CHOX, raised nearly £14,000 - but this message isn't about my efforts, it's about yours - so the very best of luck!!
Kindest,
Andrew.
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