<p> <h2 style="font-size: 1.4em; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Our Story</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Lato, Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #333333; line-height: 13px;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Whilst enjoying a warm sailing charter holiday in Greece, Sam said to Paul:</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><em style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&ldquo;Wouldn&rsquo;t it be wonderful to sail<br />our own boat around the UK.&rdquo;</em></p> <p><br />Paul said &ldquo;Yes!&rdquo; and never looked back.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">A little over one year later, the dream that started at anchor off a sparkling Greek island is about to be realised.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <h2 style="padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 1.4em; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The dream realised</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">We feel very lucky to finally now have the chance to live that dream. Although we may feel daunted by the whole challenge as at times it will be very hard, we know it will be well worth it for the truly remarkable times and the money we can raise for charity.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">With this in mind we hope we can inspire many of you to kindly donate to the amazing work of&nbsp;<strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Macmillan Cancer Support</strong>,&nbsp;<strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Marie Curie Cancer Care</strong>, and the&nbsp;<strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Diving Diseases Research Centre</strong>. See our website&nbsp;<a title="WhiteTiger362.com" href="http://www.whitetiger362.com">WhiteTiger362.com</a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;more information or to follow our challenge. All your donations go directly to the charities.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: Lato, Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; color: #333333; line-height: 13px;">&nbsp;</span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> <li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; display: list-item; list-style-type: disc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><strong style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Diving Diseases Research Centre</strong></li> <blockquote style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 45px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; quotes: none; clear: both; display: block; font-style: italic; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">In 2008 &amp; 2009 Paul suffered a series of unexplained diving incidents, requiring recompression treatment. Whilst in the excellent care of the Diving Diseases Research Centre in Plymouth he was amazed by the range of work the DDRC are doing in advancing medical care for many common conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and wound healing. &ldquo;In the days I spent with the DDRC team it was encouraging to be outnumbered by so many non-divers who had clocked up so many more&nbsp;<em style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">dry</em>&nbsp;dives&rdquo;.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Hyperbaric medicine is still relatively poorly understood, and the DDRC is one of the leading centres in this area. &ldquo;Though I never discovered the cause of my diving problems, the research that has been undertaken, often in the emergency treatment of divers like me has benefited so many more people, and I&rsquo;m very proud to support the DDRC in their ongoing work&rdquo;.</p> </blockquote> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Our expedition is entirely self-funded, and all of our travel costs are being met from our own budget. 100% of your donation will go towards these brilliant charities. Where goods or services have been received from marine companies in support of our expedition an equivalent cash sum will be donated by us into the charity fund.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thank you.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Sam &amp; Paul</p> </ul> </p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;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&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p> <ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; line-height: 1.8em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>