Wildlife presenter BenFogle described Nutkins as one of his "childhood inspirations", while comedian Ricky Gervais said he was a "thoroughly nice chap".
Canadian billionaire Galen Weston, socialite and reality television star Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, journalist Tom Bradby, who conducted the couple's first interview, and television presenter BenFogle also make the cut.
He is unlikely to return to the sport full-time in the near future as he is about to row to the Caribbean with TV presenter BenFogle in Chay Blyth's Atlantic Yachting Race.