I'm sat here in Eastleigh with Rod Carr, chief executive of the Royal Yachting Association. He has worked for the RYA since 1982, he is a Yachtmaster and has served as an examiner and as an olympic coach. He has cruised boats for 30 years, most recently sailing a cruising catamaran.

Rod was appointed chief executive in 2000.

We've had a chance to look at the questions submitted thus far; I may edit them slightly for length as we roll them out and Rod has had a chance to look at the more complicated of the earliest submissions in order to pull together answers in consultation with his team.

This will be a very busy session and we'll aim to get through as many of the questions, plus any follow-on comments, in that time. After that I'll let you all know where it goes from there.

Thanks for your interest.

kim_hollamby@ipcmedia.com