{"id":439,"date":"2015-03-19T18:15:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T18:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/?p=439"},"modified":"2016-01-05T13:58:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T13:58:01","slug":"help-student-sail-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/help-student-sail-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Student Sail Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Fellow Students!<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">My aim is to raise \u00a32million over the next 18 months to race nonstop and solo around the world in a 60ft racing yacht in the 2016 Vend\u00e9e Globe (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vendeeglobe.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\">www.vendeeglobe.org\/en<\/a>). Why? To both satisfy man\u2019s desire to explore and push boundaries and inspire the next generation to pursue their dreams whether sailing related or not.\u00a0\u00a0Currently 5 West, (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.5west.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.5west.co.uk<\/a>) who have 12 years in the business, have agreed to support me in this pursuit with suggestions and campaign advice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">I\u2019m looking for support in the following areas\u00a0from students;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>&#8211;\u00a0Business side: business plan development, how to approach businesses in the right way<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>&#8211;\u00a0Campaign management: proposal tailoring, media proposal and PR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>&#8211;\u00a0Market research: why and which previous companies have sponsored in the past, what are the relevant companies and who needs to be contacted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0Those are some suggestions, this list is not exhaustive and would be very happy if anyone is able to help out with anything even if it\u2019s not covered above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0Some interesting links:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The boat:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=euwVv4zH2Bk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=euwVv4zH2Bk<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The race:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L9MoDLv05Pk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L9MoDLv05Pk<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">My website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/conradmanningracing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Conradmanningracing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Conrad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mob: 07792505278<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/conradkmanning.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ConradkManning.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Twitter: @Conradkmanning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Conradk.Manning@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Conradk.Manning@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">FB: \/ConradManningRacing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow Students! My aim is to raise \u00a32million over the next 18 months to race nonstop and solo around the world in a 60ft racing yacht in the 2016 Vend\u00e9e Globe (www.vendeeglobe.org\/en). Why? To both satisfy man\u2019s desire to explore and push boundaries and inspire the next generation to pursue their dreams whether sailing related&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93575,"featured_media":677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6099],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93575"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}