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…

The crews have continues their excellent pace over the last few days it’s clear that they’re also starting to uncover the struggle. Thus far the weather has been relatively benign with the strongest winds seen so far no more than about 12kts. That is about to change as this week the crews will start to…

Despite spending 10 days rowing their hearts out over 500nm of unforgiving ocean, the crews are still only about 10nm apart from each other. They’re a little too far apart to wave at each other but that distance is in flux, so we certainly wouldn’t be surprised if they do get close enough for a…

Scraping your bottom may not sound like fun, but on an ocean row boat it can be a pleasant change. Let me explain. The crews have painted the hulls of their boats in antifoul paint. This slimy paint discourages algae and barnacle growth but the most determined barnacles still break through. They attach themselves to…

How do you navigate across the Atlantic Ocean? It’s a frequently asked question by those new to the sport. In simple terms the crews have a GPS unit which provides the rowers with a bearing (direction) to row in. But the crews aren’t just heading directly towards Barbados. The weather patterns are such that there…

We expect our rowers to take a week before they really get used to being at sea. Now they’ve got their feet under the table, we asked for their best and the worst bits of their first week. Cockleshell Endeavour are obviously enjoying the nature of the challenge. When asked about the best bits they…

We think we’ve been pretty clear that Mission Atlantic isn’t a race or an event. We supply support to crews who want to row the Atlantic independently. It’s actually a happy coincidence that both crews were ready and wanted to leave together. I mean who doesn’t love a bit of company on the ocean, even…

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…

It’s only natural to look over your shoulder from time to time. Despite the vast distances involved there’s always that nagging feeling that you may be able to see something just up ahead. It’s fascinating that in the last 24 hours both crews have asked for contact details for the other crew. One benefit of…

Happy Christmas 🎄 The crews have been battling with some troublesome waves over the last 24 hours which has seen their pace slashed almost in half. As the crews travel more to the south we can expect the waves to start coming more and more behind them but it will take at least a week…