Day 3 – Merry Christmas

Barbados awaits Atlantic Dagger as they approach the finish line of their journey. The highest point in Barbados is Mount Hillaby which is only 336m above sea level so the crew won’t see it until they are very close indeed. As the sea gets more shallow the sea state will change. Waves will become steeper…

The crews continue to exemplify toughness by maintaining their excellent pace and at the time of posting there is less than one nautical mile in the difference between the crews distance to Barbados. Cockleshell Endeavour continue to take the slightly more northerly (and direct) route. Atlantic Dagger are a little further to the south. Common…

After 2 weeks on the water the crews continue perform admirably. They’re currently about 5 days into a period of stronger winds which are receiving a mixed welcome from the crews. It doesn’t seem to have made much of a difference to Team Cockleshell Endeavour who continue to be ruthlessly determined to hit their waypoints…

After all the struggles of preparing for and pulling together all the equipment and boat preparations before this adventure we’re just waiting on the final piece to the puzzle.

Rowing the Atlantic is a unique challenge and everyone who is able to complete the route returns with an array of unique stories. Although one stint on the oars may sound very similar to another, (hint: it is often identical) every shift does have the capacity to be a one-off. Those who are rowing the…

From the title you may expect this update to be about the rower’s clothing, but you’d be wrong. Atlantic Dagger have reported that they’re all rowing naked all the time. We expect the same to be true on Cockleshell Endeavour. Rowing naked prevents clothing from chaffing the skin which gets significantly worse when salt spray…