Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I'm taking on an unusual challenge to raise money for the brilliant cause of Nightingale House; I am hoping to sail singlehandedly around the Atlantic on a small boat (9 metres).

My route for the first leg took me from Caernarfon North Wales in October, across the Irish Sea to Wexford. I then crossed the infamous Bay of Biscay to Spain, and having been battered by a force 9 gale, learned why October wasn't the time to attempt this passage! Leg 2 was onwards to Portugal, Madeira, then Tenerife and Gran Canaria on the Canary Islands for Christmas & New Year. A change of plan took me 850 miles south to the Cape Verde islands, where  I stayed for a couple of weeks. I then made the first Atlantic crossing; 2100 miles which I completed in 19 days to the hour.

The most recent stage was the Caribbean to the Azores leg, around 2400 miles of hard sailing in the challenging North Atlantic. This took just under 22 days, and apart from Biscay was probably the most dangerous voyage so far; at one point I was around 30 miles from the ice boundary!

I have been sailing hard over the last few months, and so far have covered about 8300 miles. I still have around 1400 to go before I make it home again, so please please please dig deep, and donate what you can in support of this worthwhile charity.

Best wishes,

Tom

 

PS you can track my progress and hear spicy tales of seaborne adventure on my blog http://www.tripsailor.com/tomsbigadventure then click on "1 sailing blog", "Atllantic Challenge 2011" This is also linked to my satellite tracking device so you can see my position in near real time by clicking on "map" above the text.

 

I would particularly like to thank my main sponsor Mat Arnold, owner of South Central, Central Station, and Yales' Cafe Bar. You can keep fully up to date with all events at the clubs by logging onto http://www.centralstationvenue.com

And now the JustGiving blurb- "Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity."