The Big Blue announced that attendance figures have not been affected by either the weather or the fuel crisis, and as the gates opened this morning, the visitors started streaming through the gates.

The Jubilee Sailing Trust is looking to raise enough money to cancel the debts it incurred in the construction of it’s new tall ship, Tenacious. The JST is offering a discount to anyone who books a voyage and pays a deposit at the show.

At 4pm this afternoon, Richard Cooper, the first person ever to windsurf around the British Isles talks about his adventure in the Seminar room.