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Moving on and on and
on....
Hi
Ocean Sailing fans,
So
sorry to be slow on the updates, but trust me I haven't been lazy! I've
done some fun talk/slide shows about the Ocean Planet Around Alone adventure,
but have been especially busy laying the groundwork for my entry in Vendee
Globe.
On
July 26th, the wonderful delta sailing crowd at the Stockton Sailing Club
hosted my show at a fundraising dinner for Ocean Planet. Their enthusiasm
and interest was immeasurable and made me feel really welcome. The venue
was fun and unique at their club, outdoors with the occasional big freighter
ghosting right next to the club in the impossibly narrow shipping channel.
We had a great dinner, sold a bunch of team T-shirts, and no one seemed
to mind that my slide show and talk went late into the warm evening.
Coming
shows:
Two more shows coming up in September: the Seattle Boats Afloat show
on Sept 11, and also an extra-special fundraising show, dinner and professional
ballroom dance exhibition being put together by none other than my dynamo
Mom, Anitia Jimenez. This special show will be on Sept 12 and will feature
terrific dance performances by Seattle's top professional instructors.
Mark these date off on your calendar and stay tuned for more details!
This
coming weekend (August 16/17), Ocean Planet and I will be attending
the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) fundraising regatta in Portland, Maine (not
Oregon!). On Sunday come on down to Portland Yacht Service where the
boat will be open for viewing and I'll be there to answer questions
and give you a tour. Hope to see you there.
For
the Vendee Globe:
We will soon be officially announcing my entry in the 2004/2005
Vendee Globe with a special press release. For the past couple months
I've been working hard to with a team of partners to build a media coverage
platform to provide the maximum benefit for sponsors. In the meantime,
here is a quick overview of what we are putting together. Please contact
me with any questions!
Basically,
our program will have three areas of special focus in addition to the
regular coverage of the race:
- Worldwide
radio coverage before and during the race on the internationally syndicated
radio show Sport
Byline. I did a recent interview with host Ron Barr, and we really
hit it off. It's a great show and I look forward to working with them
to bring the Vendee race LIVE to their huge audience.
- A
US public television documentary produced by PBS affiliate KCSM.
This looks to be a pretty big project by them, and would cover our
whole story leading up to and racing the Vendee! It would show sometime
after the race.
- An
Educational program with the help of the experienced team at www.reachtheworld.org.
What
all this means is that we can now offer guaranteed coverage which is
available to be branded and/or underwritten by a sponsor. It will be
a few weeks before we have a complete presentation, but contact me right
away if you think of anyone that should see it.
Bruce
Schwab
Skipper, OCEAN PLANET
www.oceanplanet.org
510-562-4466 office and fax
843-670-6582 Bruce's mobile
Please
don't forget that The Made in America Foundation still needs YOUR support!
To pay our bills from the Around Alone while working to create our sponsorship
materials, we need to have SOMETHING to work with. I'll provide the sweat
and elbow grease if you can pitch in a few $. Your donations will also
help me to do more free classroom talks for kids at schools.
Please
visit our donation
page and help if you can.
Thanks!
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