Thursday, May 7, 2009Thank You
A belated thank you to everyone who followed the Virgin Global Row and all those who sent messages of support during the voyage. It was all hugely appreciated and helped to get through the trickier parts of the trip.Thank you also of course to all our fantastic sponsors who have been phenonmenally supportive throughout, especially when we made the decision to suspend the voyage in NZ.
and an enormous thank you to all who have worked so hard on the project to date in an astounding variety of capacites - from accountants to engineers to crane drivers!
I think one of the most wonderful parts of the project is the tremendous goodwill it seems to have generated and the incredible kindness, hospitality and generosity we have been shown wherever we have been.
The project may be suspended for now but for sure it will return, perhaps in a slightly different guise but return it will - the challlenge to row the first boat around the world remains!
An enormous debt of gratitude is also due to George Olver (Manager of expedition operations, logistics, commnications, shore team, crew, film maker, etc....) who has worked tirelessly on all facets of the project, overworked and underpaid would be an understatement, he has been a brick thoroughout the project, bringing his superior organisation skills, his technical know how and a certain glamour thorugh his aerial pursuits! George coordinated the complexities of building the website between 4 different countries and is largely responsible for how you could follow the voyage. Not only was George busy in the office but he was also happy on the ocean wave; venturing out from Tasmania on Blizzard and then rather more dramatically aboard the fishing vessel Shangrila to hook up the tow in.
Already he has been talking excitedly of plans to put together a film of the voyage thus far.....
So thanks to all involved and watch this space for updates on projects and the upcoming film.
a thousand thanks, Olly.
posted by Olly Hicks @ 7:41 PM
