The itinerary of the four day Inward Mission, organised by the British Marine Federation, included an afternoon at the exhibition. Gary Dickson of SeaSpray magazine, New Zealand, commented: ‘I’ve been struck by the large number of stands and the huge number of visitors.’ One of his colleagues, Jonas Ekblad of Sweden’s cruising magazine Pa-Kryss, was also impressed with Seawork2004: ‘I was down to visit Lewmar this afternoon but, once I saw the extent of this exhibition, I decided to cancel that and stay here.’