One of my several bosses -- in this case Blog Boss Roland Neubauer(GER) of BMW's web-agency Sport Media Service GmbH in Munich -- reports that the August and early September page-view and -duration numbers for the "BOB" (the BMW ORACLE Blog) have gone through the roof. I will try to drag some hard numbers out of Roland and Co. so that those of you who are web-savvy can get some comparative idea of how we are doing. Still a very small fish in the blogging pond, but among sailing sites apparently now one of the larger.

Also, we are pleased to note that yesterday's "Freedom" post struck a chord as it has been referred to on a number of other key sailing sites, has generated more than the usual number of emails (LOL -- which isn't saying much since most posts generate none), and the last time I looked there were fully ten (!) comments left by our dear readers -- where usually there are none or at the most one or two.

Thanks to all of our readers for your continuing, and apparently growing, interest and support.

Two of my other bosses, Russell Green and Mirko Groeschner, have asked that we keep it going at least through Acts 8 & 9. Time permitting, we will give it our best shot. Thanks, too, to BMW's Ralf Hussmann who pushed for it in the first place, and to Oracle's Judy Sim for her moral and other support especially when things get a bit hectic during the Acts.

As always, your feedback and suggestions to blog [at] tfehman [dot] com are much appreciated.


Judy Sim and Ralf Hussmann.



An "edgy" image of Roland Neubauer.



Onward and upward.