I've never done anything as difficult as this - attempting to sail across the channel from the Solent to Cherbourg before (apart from swimming the 22 miles of the channel - in a swimming pool for Cancer research) but only have to think of all those people in hospitals that can't do ANYTHING. This spurs me on. At 68 I am lucky enough to still be active and this is my way of being thankful for health and strength. Every donation is welcome as it all adds up towards a replacement "Da Vinci" robotic surgeon for the treatment of cancer. My friend Jenny and I collected £62.4ld in a collecting tin on the fund raising night at The Woolcomber pub on Saturday 19 which as a joint venture is going to start us off on our fundraising journey. Please be as generous as you are able.