This morning (22nd December 2021) at 10:10 UTC the two crews of four, soon-to-be ocean rowers pushed off from their moorings at Pasito Blanco on the southern shores of Gran Canaria and started to heave their boats towards the horizon and the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Ahead of them lies more than 2600nm…
After delays of shipping and weather the Mission Atlantic rowing crews of 2021 have been spending the last week or so making final preparations to their boats. All in all it’s been fairly smooth sailing with a few surprises thrown in for good measure and which have helped to validate the benefits and reasons for…
After various haulage, shipping and customs delays the container, with the boats in, was finally delivered to the marina today. All hands were on deck for the opening of the container. The boats had been very well secured and strapped down by our freight forwarding partners at Trade Freight International and about an hour of…
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.