"The Worlds Toughest Rowing Race"

Starting Point in La Gomera Preparations. The Beautiful finish - English Harbour, Antigua Two brothers rowing, unsupported, across the Atlantic Ocean in one of the longest endurance races on the planet... "We've finished - 66days 19hours and 43minutes!  It's a fantastic feeling and the welcome from friends, fellow competitors and family was awesome, flares lighting the sky at 4am in the morning, absolutely incredible. Thank you especially to our parents who made the trip over to the finish, was brilliant. Have added a few photo's from the finish, please take a look, pls check out the Woodvale site for some pics too. **Boat for sale - REDUCED to just £16k for quick sale (Andrew and I will be working overseas soon)! Successfully completed three Atlantic crossings and good for more! Built in 2001, comes almost race ready with EPIRB's, two water makers, and all safety equipment excluding liferaft and lifejackets. Oars and seats not included due to breakage, can recommend oars and suppliers and provide advice as required. Boat is back in the UK now and will be stored in Surrey for viewing soon. The Atlantic Rowing Race 2007: The next Atlantic Ocean rowing race is scheduled to start on December 2nd 2007, once more departing from the lovely Island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands on route to the historic setting of English Harbour Antigua. A fleet of 22 ocean rowing vessels will take part, attempting to row, unsupported, across the Atlantic Ocean a voyage of 2,500 miles. From: La Gomera, The Canary Islands To: English Harbour, Antigua Departure Date: 2nd December 2007 Distance: 2,500 nautical miles Crossing Time: between 35 and 110 days. Class of Boats: Woodvale Pairs, Woodvale Fours, open classes. Traditional weather patterns make the start date, in December, one of the better times of the year to cross and should hold favorable winds and currents for the row, also avoiding the hurricane season. Inevitably it's not guaranteed and rowers face turbulent weather and high seas at times, making the crossing dangerous and unpredictable. Advances in safety equipment and lessons learnt from previous crossings help to reduce risk but, ultimately, rowers are in a 24ft wooden boat, self propelled, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean where much larger Ocean going vessels have run into trouble. The crossing should not be taken lightly and knowledge of the sea, of the weather, of your boat and of yourselves is imperitive. To Qualify for this race there are a number of mandatory courses that the crew need to complete prior to the race, these include: The RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Shorebased Certificate - providing minimum navigational knowledge to cross an ocean by vessel. Covers astro-navigation, ocean meteorology and passage planning. RYA Basic Sea Survival - A practical course covering lifeboats, buoyancy aids, electrical location beacons and procedures for when and when not to use them. RYA Marine Radio Short Range Certificate Course - VHF radio use, GMDSS, distress and emergency procedures. First Aid at Sea - Hoping that this will apply only to blisters and minor sunburn, the damage to the rear is well known! - Picture in header shows single handed female rower Roz Savage during the Atlantic Rowing Race 2005, rowing in "Sedna Solo" - photo courtesy of Woodvale Events Ltd.