Setting Sail for The Collins Stewart London Boat Show.

Travelling courtesy of the superlative www.grandcentralrail.com service, David Eagle & Alex Lewczuk connected with 3 of Southside`s London correspondents , Sarah Huntley, Annie Batson & Imogen Britten for day 1 of the 2008 Collins Stewart London Boatshow.From testing life-jackets with RNLI Divisional Sea Safety manager Nicola Davies www.rnli.org.uk  to coping with extraterrestrial inflatables with Patrick Verryt www.fusionelectronics.com and checking out superlative blue footcovers for boarding boats with Annie, Imogen coped with her first location report with consummate ease, leaving Sarah to delight in the marvellous massage chair with Leo White from Niagara Health Care www.niagarahealthcare.com .Sales director for www.northshore.co.uk Robert Hughes was on top form whilst Jean Francois Lair made sure everything was ship-shape for www.beneteau.com.

Managing Director for www.nationalboatshows.co.uk Andrew Williams deserves high praise for a superlative production which has only wetted the appetite for the 2008 Skandia Cowes week- Peta Stewart-Hunt having provided some essential info on the London Boat Show on Friday.

Meanwhile, whilst Jon Ferguson manned the Saturday afternoon sequence, Communications Manager for Skandia TeamGBR Lindsay Bell looked forward to the Beijing Olympics and the Southside sailors contemplated their next adventures- audio special for this event will be online very soon

Thanks once again to Grand Central Rail and their on-board staff Joanne & senior Conductor Martin and their team for facilitating this report