You are doing great. well done not far to go now. There must be great excitement in the camp.

Keep it up

Yorkies Parents

(Queensgate)

Now you are past halfway,we feel you are destined to set a new record for rowing Atlantic Ocean West to East.

You are opening a new page in the history of oceanrowing.

We wish you good weather. Stay well!

Hi Stubbsy

Hope all is well, you are looking a bit thiner (and Older) But still smilling. hope the auto pilot is still working. Hope to see you in Falmouth, Beter hurry though, I'm off to France on the 14th. Just off for a BBQ, and a beer, Have you got an image? All the best Fred

PS I'm the one with the Envy.

I have been following your progress with much interest and am delighted to find out that you are encounterering better weather.Good luck with the remainder of your voyage.Your last report was broadcast on CBC radio yesterday and the quality of it was excellent.

Keep up the great progress.

"A strong will and teamwork will serve you well"

"A fierce determination will overcome many barriers"

Checking on your progress everyday and promise to stay with you until the end.

You have asked for inspirational messages and I hope all the crew realize that they themselves provide

inspiration.

Regards,

David Tully

Hello John!

Just heard what you were doing, awesome stuff! Will be logging in regularly to see how you are all doing, and sending our best wishes across the waves.

Much love

Pauline, Sam and Euan

Great effort and keep the faith. I am part of the Commando Joe team that will be attemping the New York to Plymouth crossing in 2006. On your return and after some recovery we would love to pick your brains for the do's and do not's of your venture.

We follow your progress on a daily basis, great reports and good luck to you all

Regards

Pete Rowlands

Keep up the hard work!!

We're checking on ya every day.

Good Luck

Cheers

From "The Rock"

P.S.

Try and keep a pinch of Screech for your Celebration

I heard your interview with cbc radio this morning.Ijust wanted to wish you good luck and a new record.

`it is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt`

Mark Twain

Not bad chaps .. but we've been on the GIS and discovered you could be closer if you'd have gone in a straight line!!!!

All the best!

Mark and Crew,

Just found out how to send you a message, been tracking your progress with the family, best get a move on if your going to be back at work in time!Good luck, well done and gods speed, hope to see you in Falmouth.

Ade, Lin, Tom and Jemma

Hi Guys:

Great to see your making such good progress now. The North Atlantic is the most unforgiving body of water in the world and to accomplishment your feat would be extraordinary. I wish you all the very best as you BREAK the record.

God Bless

Jack Morgan

It is not the critic who counts,
nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
He who flings mud, loses a lot of ground.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

Regards stay safe boys

Ade

Strengh to your muscles and a sustained commitment to your course.You!ll do it.Love Mum.

"Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it"

Good luck with your record attempt. I admire your guts to challenge the Atlantic!

Louise, South Africa

Keep on rowing, in the Atlantic there is no place to hide.

May the Gods smile on you, if their not laughing their socks off already.

My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

"I must go down to the sea today, the lonely sea and the sky. I left my shoes and socks there, I wonder if their dry?"

We always need a sense of humour and you guys crack me up.

Best of luck.

After reading Jonathan's latest piece in the TIMES, I see why Pete kept the extra pair of underwear! Never did like big ships! Guys you have the power! Lets hope for the winds and current. The guys here on the rig are pulling for you too. All the best. Back to the beach on Monday to follow YOUR last leg to dry land.

All the best and my prayers are with you.

All I have to say is:

"To brave men come great rewards -- reminder, the sea can be conquered."

Hope you arrive well, in good spirits and break the record.

"Excellent equipment powered by an expert crew can accomplish great things'

All the best,

Found you as we our preparing our site for an fall release.God's Speed!

Great progress chaps,keep up the good work.

Very best wishes

Coxy

"Learn of the little Nautilus to sail
Spread the thin oar and catch the driving gale."

Alex Pope

REMEMBER AND DON'T FORGET!

Now is the time to do what you have always wanted to do.

Following your journey on Solent Radio. Heard that the waves are enormous today but there is a following wind and current. Enjoy the 'break'! I don't have a computer so am at the library. I'm 70 does that make me a silver surfer?Good luck, the record is in sight.

Hi Boys!

I thought you might just like to know that I share your pain..... ie that encounter with the Liberty Bell frightened the wits out of me it did. Just don't let it happen again please. And I was only reading about it. And there were you thinking you'd thought of everything and I don't suppose it crossed your minds to ask the Heart Foundation for the loan of a defibralator (how DO you spell that? - it's not in the dictionary) just in case.... How close to a group heart attack you must have come. My only encounter with a big container ship was on a motor yacht in a sunny still Ibizan harbour but it is still vivid in my memory. Even though the monster was parked, so to speak, it looked mighty big close up and SO threatening. I was terrified it might decide to move or sound its horn or whatever you call that noisy thing ships have. I expect I shall have nightmares tonight. You brought it all back in glorious technicolour, so thanks for that Jonathan...

I can't BELIEVE what you are doing, you know. Even on my A4 size ancient school atlas next to me here the North Atlantic looks HUGELY wide. You will be SO chuffed when you finally look back on it.

Anyway, Andy and I are following your every move from the security of terra firma and we think you are GREAT!

Lots of love.

Stay cool (yet pleasantly warm and snug, nights of course...)

See you soon

From arguably your biggest fans,

Andy & Jenny

Keep your mouth shut and your bowels open and never drink whisky befor the sun goes down

Row,Row,Row your boat gently across the sea.

Lets hope you break the record isn't life a dream!

Good luck Guys

Keep up the great Pics!

Steve Jones

John and the lads,

all the very best from the Landmark Henley team. Sunny here - no 40 ft waves on the Thames - Big respect to you and the team.

regards

Rowing to bring your dreams to reality.Keeping you in my prayers.Mum

As a colleague of John's from Landmark Information and someone who has done several comparatively simple Heart Foundation challenges I would like to offer my best wishes and support to all the crew by the way of a web donation on the Pink Lady site. Fantastic group and personal achievement so far and you have my utmost respect.

Good luck on the rest of the voyage and may the weather be with you.

Wishing the crew all the best and congratulations for their efforts.

Wish them all the best from Torbay, just north of St. John's, Newfoundland.

All those hours spent on that rowing machine at Westbourne Fire Station are paying off!It wasn't that we had a long wait for our turn to use the rower, it was mopping the pool of sweat off the floor after you finished.Go Pink Lady Go!!

Stubbsy,

We've been following you every day, keep it up matey!!

You've asked for inspirational quotes, so who else but Rabbie Burns:

"Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve."

(it needs to be said in a Scots accent)

See you soon

Lots of love

Frankie, Trisha, Michaela & Lauren.

ps We've got a wee dram or two waiting for ye when ye get hame.

To John and Crew

Keep it up our thoughts are with you. A couple of contributions:

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put the foundation under them."

Henry David Thoreau

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan, 'Press on,' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race>"

Calvin Coolidge

HANDS ACROSS THE SEA

Gentle hands of understanding across the sea

is the story of your mission,

your hands go beyond two shores

and clasp in a single kinship

your oars in a quiet grip,

and your hands keep two lands safe,

holding, come what may,

the same hearts on the same horizon.

(This tribute to the four brave and generous hearts of 'Pink Lady' is my own very very free adaptation of a poem written in Welsh by Mererid Hopwood in August 2002 to celebrate links between Wales and Ireland)

Hi John,

I am off to get married in South Africa, we are all sharing a glass of champagne and toasting a glass to you.

All the best John.

Love Ronnie, Sam, Debs, Laraine, Sarah and the best of all your MRS!!

great rowing keep up the spirt i know you can make a great world record

hi guys, hope alls well with you and the boat.I am the pinklady inspector for the uk, and as an ex submariner I know what the north atlantic can throw at you. it gets easier as you get nearer.

keep rowing

best regards.

dusty miller.

Keep it up Pete - only to clicks to spain!!

No news here. All quiet. Got the surf lifesaving champs in North Devon at the w/end.

Weather quite warm.

all the best

Jon David

We're still keeping watch over you brave men.Very anxious everyday to see that all is going well out in the Atlantic.{Flying over it was more then enough for me!) Love the pictures .Take care of each other and as always...ROW HARD ! v

Hi cousin John,

We are all cheering for you down here in Australia. Hope you break the record and make some money for a great cause.

Cheers,

Michael, Olga, Christina, Andrew and Paul (but paul is in the UK with you!!)Whiteside.

John,

Sod the inspirational quotes. Every mile post on the London marathon route has a banner above it with a message for the runners. The only one I remember, because it reflected exactly how I felt at the time, was at mile 17. It said simply:

'It's not funny any more, is it?'

If it wasn't funny after 17 miles, God knows how you must feel after 1,200. If I believed in heros, you would be mine.

Good luck!

Tom

Hi John,

This is your your uncle Michael and aunt Olga from Australia wishing you all the best with the record row. Glad to see you doing well and when you finish you might row to Australia. Mum wrote to us to tell us so it's really exciting to have read all about it. I was hoping Michael would actually write because he's been so anti computers, so it's great that he was interested.

Will continue to follow your trip and write.

Love

Olga and Michael

good luck John Jean and family (Stacey's Aunt)

Finally got time to log on and find out how you're doing - totally wonderful to find that you're well over half-way! I'll be checking on your progress regularly from now on - promise! Really hope to be able to be there among the crowds to welcome you home. Brilliant rowing - keep it up! (And please come and inspire my new class in my new school sometime next term!)

I'm sending you the Irish Blessing, just for good measure:

"May the roads rise to meet you,

May the winds be always at your back,

May the rains fall soft upon your fields,

And, 'til we meet again,

May God hold you in the hollow of his hand."

love,

Gini

Wonderful to hear Johns voice sounding so strong.Weve had a good week of Fair and Carnival and are sailing Tean most days.Everystroke counts as you surge homewards.Love and a faih following wind.

here is a quote that may or may not suit your situation. I do not know where it came from, but I have found it to be the truth.

Nothing will get you to the top faster than friends who want the same thing.

keep rowing

remember. For every mile of ocean, there is 2 miles of beach.

Paul

Hi Pete, Mark, Jon & John :)

Thank you for the great surprise Monday, what great friends you are! Bravo on 58 miles today. Glad to see that mother nature is sending you some of her love rather than turmoil. Mark I didn't recall Pete saying that you all had swimming trunks in your kit bags?? Did you swim with the extra crew, or are they swimming away from the "smelly skipper". I bet the water was like a hot tub?

Pete, a penny for your thoughts while rowing off into the sunrise or sunset.

We hope that complicated and uncertain weather on Friday blows off somewhere else.

Everyone sends their best to you from here.

Until next time, be safe and know that at all times someone somewhere is checking in on you.

Take care,

XOXOXOXO (Pete would say in his e-mails for the girls; we say from the girls)

Betty, Bob, Kim & Maegan

Keep up the great work guys!!

We're cheering for you!!

Cathie and Terence Mulroy

Halifax, Nova Scotia,

Canada

Keep it going fellas watching your progress daily - one day at a time - we are with you all daily

Fair winds and a following sea.

Mission Team

John - Love from me, Ruth & Ruben and lets hope the weather gods smile on you in the last leg of your journey. Such a fantastic effort. Cx

"Discipline - the sacrifice of a man's personal inclination in support of an ideal higher than his own"

Montgomery

Dear John,

A little soppiness for my Atlantic Rowing Husband:-

There's joy in the hopeful morning,
There's peace in the parting day,
There's sorrow with every lover
Whose true-love is far away.
To thee, my love, to thee -
So fain would I come to thee!
And the water's bright in a still moonlight,
As I look across the sea.

William Allingham

(From a book your Dad gave you for Christmas 1994)

Lots of love

Stacey

xxx

'Stupid is, as stupid does'

Mrs Gump!

I think you are all quite mad and want to be there with you. I pray for a strong south westerly.

Not trying to put the pressure on, but when you have completed the row, will you be thinking of selling/ leasing the boat. I know that this is not a good time to ask!! Best of luck, hope to hear from you if you get a minute, or much more likely when you are safely back in August.

John and the guys,

Just a quick note to say that you're all doing a brilliant job under what seem to be hellish conditions. We're following your progress with great enthusiasm and judging by the distances you've covered thus far, the record is well within reach - says he who has never set foot in a rowing boat!! In fact if you've got a few days to spare can you pop into Normandy and pick me up some wine and a bit of French tart - I'm sure there's room in the boat for a fine slice! John, have sent some additional porn via carrier pigeon but have lost track of it's progress.

Keep going fellas and see you in Falmouth for some ice cold lagers!

Cheers

Kim

found an inspirational quote that i had saved on my pc...its short and simple..but says it all

good luck!

Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.

~~~ Robert Allen

Guys, keep up the good work and break that record. You don't want to make it easier for the pretty boys from Holland, do you?

We support you, The Ocean Fours

Hello,

My grandfather and I are keeping a daily update on your progress.We both wish you all god speed and fair winds for the remainder of your voyage.

Brandon Walker
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia

"Strange thynges ther be, on land, in sea."

John Ludgate 1370-1450

Dear Brown Bottle - keep focussed, and stay off the sauce. Colin

For Pete

The guy with the awesome upper body strength!

'Faith is a bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark".............in other words....keep your pecker up, keep whistling and keep rowing

Wishing you a successful and safe journey to Falmouth

John: Tom & I talk about what we read on the daily updates every day! and weekends, we fantasise about your 14-course coming home dinner. We are SO impressed with progress! Our thoughts are with you. Keep posting those pictures! Lots of love, Corinne xxx

thinking of you and checking the website everyday

boating is all about the weather you have rather than the weather you would like to have (words of wisdom from your brother-in-law)

we are looking forward to having you home

eric is now almost crawling!

lots of love

jane, jim, agnes and eric

Dear John and fellow crew
We here in landlocked BSE are following your trip with interest, excitement, sympathy and amazement at your great courage and tenacity. It makes our recent flotilla holiday in Turkey seem so tame!
I have tried to better the words of encouragement of Psalm 107 but can't. The Ancient Mariner came second best but not suitable for young 21st century mariners!

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like the drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Then they are glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Trinity Methodists and Pauline from Wells Street all send our heartfelt good wishes.
Love and prayers
Rob and Val Matthews

"Its good to have an end to journey towards but it is the journey that matters in the end".AT least you will have tales to tell the grandchildren.Just keep her going.love

Hi Mark & the boys, Come on your only half way, pull your finger out! We've got the Walsh 3000s booked and waiting for you!

I've been following your progress, sound an exciting trip, take care we'll have the beer & toast waiting on your rtn. I'm sure Paula will have some cream for your sore bits too. xx Tracey

Keep up the great work.

I know you can reach your goal, and I have several young people I want to share your vision, effort and achievement with. They need to see that they too can achieve great things.

Watching your progress every day. Keep up the good work. Your goal is just around the corner.

Row row row your boat...

It's not gentle and it's not a stream

You need true grit and I believe you all have it.

See you in Falmouth soon.

Hi Mark, Pete, Jonathan and John

There are many messages of goodwill from your friends in the media who have asked us to send on messages of congratulations to you all: ITV Wales, BBC TV Southwest / Spotlight, British Forces Radio, Southern Counties Radio, Real Radio, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Solent, Wave FM, Meridian TV, BBC TV South, ITN and CBC TV and Radio (Canada)... to name a few!

Thanks guys

With best wishes from Tina & Paul @ YES

You don’t drown by falling into water. You drown by staying there.

Robert Allen

This may be a better effort than my last one. It might work if you put in 'Atlantic' instead of 'Universe' Keep up the good work.

I hope you find this quote inspirational...

"Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together."

Stick together Lads and happy rowing!

They fly and do not weaken

They will hound you yet

Through seas and island cities

over the vast continent

wherever the earth's face is

hard with wanderers' feet

John sending you lots of love and thinking about you loads. I've been telling everyone I know to look at the web site and see what a star my brother is. In a rash moment I've just agreed to a 5k run round Edinburgh Botanics. Will think of you as inspiration whilst I drag myself round. R&R send their love. Cxx

Following your progress daily on the web. Sure looks nice to see you are past the half-way mark. Continued good rowing and may God be with you and keep you all safe. Best wishes from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Keep going guys

John .. how come you can't make a meeting on time but manage to get your hair cut mid-atlantic?

"Winners never quit, and quitters never win!!!"

Boys!

Boys....

Only two more grid-boxes on the web site to go: "easy-peasy"

...not!!

Warmly

Lesley

Good Luck Lads,

We'll be watching out for you around the 23rd August!

Harbour View

St Mary's

Isles of Scilly

Since you have made it half way,i was thinking of rowing out with the girls,to say 'hello'..........any other creature comforts required??

Hi Stubsy + your mad crew

All the very best of luck to you all. I spent many an entertaining night shift working or rather laughing with Stubsy. Go to it and enjoy the experience.

My cousin Bob Adams did your Kayak across the Atlantic book, and I was dead impressed by your exploits. Go for it! I am a teacher - would you be prepared to come and talk to some of the kids about your great adventures?

Hi there

Well done on reaching your half-way point - no mean feat.

Been following your progress, especially like the photographs, will be there to cheer you in when you arrive in Falmouth.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

Mark, Can't believe a human disaster area like you has survived so long, your three intrepid colleagues obviously don't know you properly!!! If you make it back I may buy you a beer. Keep going lads.

Cheers Duff

You are doing well, watching your daily progress, is it worst rowing at night as you are unable to see the waves? If I was there there would be a few puddles in the boat I can tell you.

May the one above keep you safe.

Regards Jack

If we can manage to work this computer to send you a message, the least you can do is get to Falmouth!!

Great effort all of you.

Love mum and dad

Hi guys,

it's Sat. July 24 here in St. Philips, NL and it is 28C with a humidex of 35C. I have just stopped removing the old deck at the back of my house in preparation for the new decking to go on in the morning.

As evening descends I thought of you and decided to drop you a line. From looking at your chart on the web you are making fine progress, continued good rowing.

Earlier in the day I dropped down to the local chipper for a fish and chips and from where I was standing on the shores of the North Atlantic I could look out and my thoughts again returned to you and your effort to row the Atlantic. I wish I could have sent you some fish and chips. I saw the recent pictures especially the one where you were eating breakfast. How was that?

Well got to go and close the shed door and put away the tools for another night until the morning. God Bless all. Talk soon.

Peter Chalker
St. Philips, NL

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. --Albert Camus

Trust youare safely cradled in your pink lady heres another quote "My eyes are an oceon in which dreams are reflected".Dream well and row bravely.

"where there is a will, there is a way." travel safe.

Great going fellas!! Have been checking on your progress daily through your web page and anxiously look forward to any news of your journey. All the best...many, many friends, both known and unknown are behind you all the way!

Take good care of yourselves...

April from Nova Scotia

I'm an old woman who has travelled the world on my state pension breeding butterflies, and I recommend my own motto: By Perseverance the Snail reached the Ark. I think of you each day and the clonk of your oars endlessly sounding. Keep it up! Good luck. Avril

dear Stubbsy and crew - keep up the good work lads, the Mission team are watching your every move! keep sending the pics, it's well worth the effort and is bringing some excitment to our corporate fat cat lifestyles!!

Will and the the Mission team

All our best wishes for a safe and speedy(45 days) return.

Good luck with the rest of the trip everybody, you can do it!

Love Rod, Norma and Jenny.

Hi Brayzo

Really pleased to hear that your holiday is going so well - scenery and wildlife sound spectacular - not sure about the food and accommodation though!!

Training is going well, should be an expert in a few weeks time,

Keep focussed, keep smiling and go for it!

We have been reading with great interest about your progress. Well done!

We send you all our best wishes but especially to John.

Pasties "go really good after hard work"