Posted: January 19, 2015
A multinational rowing team of eight comprising of six men and two women and skippered by internationally acclaimed Scottish rower Leven Brown are embarking upon an historic 3,000 mile unaided row across the Atlantic Ocean. Departing Monday 19 January 2015 from Puerto de Mogan, Gran Canaria and making landfall at Port St Charles Barbados, the Trade Winds Expedition crew will not only be rowing to raise money and awareness of their chosen charities but will also be attempting to break the existing 30-day Atlantic cross barrier.
The Trade Winds Expedition will take approximately 30 days, where the eight-strong crew will be rowing 24 hours a day in two hourly shifts covering 3,000miles. The 30-day limit is currently seen as the four minute mile of ocean rowing and the crew will be attempting to break the following three Guinness World records:
• Fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by human power (current record 32 days)• Longest distance rowed in 24 hours (current record 118 miles) • Most consecutive days rowing over 100 miles (current record 12 days)
Ocean rowing is considered one of the world’s toughest extreme sports with fewer people having completed an ocean row than have climbed Mount Everest. Having completed a crossing of the Indian Ocean with a top class team in August 2014 achieving two Ocean rowing records, this Atlantic Trade Winds Expedition will be the second ocean row within six months for British Skipper Leven Brown, founder and co-owner of Ocean Row Events.
Scotsman Leven Brown (42), Skipper and MD of Ocean Row Events commented:“As you can imagine, we are all very excited about the forthcoming row across the Atlantic (ocean) and are confident we can achieve our 30-day limit. We held a speed record back in 2008 with a time of 33 days, seven hours and 30 minutes that was subsequently beaten by Matty Craughwell in a boat called Sara G who has now set the time of 32 days exactly.
“We know we have a good chance of breaking this record as we have been on pace before when our core crew team broke the oldest standing ocean row record by 11 days. This old record was originally set in 1894 when two Norwegians rowed across the North Atlantic Ocean from New York to The Scilly Isles.
“We also hold the record for the greatest amount of miles travelled on the Atlantic in 24 hours (118miles) with only four men rowing, this record still stands despite there being 14, 12, 8 and 6 man crews out there and our new boat is much faster than anything we have ever had before”.
Brown completed his first ocean row in 2005, has broken seven world records and in 2015 is now celebrating 10 years of ocean rowing by attempting to break the 30-day Atlantic row challenge.
The eight-person crew, most of whom have never rowed an ocean before, have been in training for months in preparation for this epic journey. Each crew member has their own remarkable story from South African woman Thato Mabelane, who if successful, will be the first black African woman to ever row an ocean to ex-Army officer Nikki Brown, who having been told in 2005 he would never walk again after a tragic injury is set to achieve a momentous personal triumph.
Trade Winds Expedition Crew and their Charities (For full biogs visit: www.oceanrowevents.com/expeditions/crew)SKIPPER – Leven Brown – Save the ElephantsThato Mabelane – UBUNYENikki Brown – SAMH for Scotland’s Mental HealthStuart Connacher – The Smile FoundationJulie Dunne – War ChildJames Robbins – NeurocareDon Lennox – Save the ElephantsCaetano Altafin – Osteosarcoma Research
Confined within the 45ft purpose-built rowing boat, Avalon, each crew member will burn between 8,000 – 10,000 calories per day and receive a daily ration pack containing three freeze-dried meals. The crew will also be making water daily utilising a solar and wind powered water purifier and will experience temperatures of up to 40 degrees.
The crew will row in a 45ft purpose built boat called Avalon, an eight-person monohull made of carbon Kevlar with design features which aide self righting and reduce drag significantly are unique to the boat and crafted to tackle the Atlantic ocean with blistering pace.
The Trade Winds Expedition row can be followed on a live GPS tracker via: https://my.yb.tl/OceanRowEvents and through social media on: @oceanrowevents #thequestfor30days
Article provided by: Cutler Communications
Posted: 22 March 2024 Scottish Rowing is seeking a strong and dynamic Chief Executive Officer to...
Read more: Scottish...
Posted: 21 March 2024 After many years of hard work and dedication we are excited to announce that...
Read more: River Ayr...
Posted: 18 March 2024 The inaugural Scottish Rowing Beach Sprint Championships, part of the Four...
Read more: Beach Sprint...
Posted: 8 March 2024 In celebration of International Women's Day, Scottish Rowing is proud to...
Read more: International...
Posted:1st March 2024 Hello and welcome to the third quarterly newsletter! Happy New Year and...
Read more: March...
Posted: 27 February 2024 Scottish Rowing is seeking three new Directors to join its voluntary...
Posted: 26 February 2024 British Rowing and Scottish Rowing will jointly fund performance...
Read more: New...
Posted: 23 February 2024 Across two weekends in the middle of February, Scottish athletes across a...
Read more: GB Rowing...
Posted: 22 February 2024 Can YOU claim a Grand Slam at the Four Nations Beach Sprint Championships...
Read more: 2024 Four...
Posted: 08 February 2024 Following a new injection of funding from sportscotland and the Scottish...
Read more: Fresh...
Posted: 6 February 2024 Scottish Rowing is delighted to announce that a Scotland team will make...
Read more: Scotland set...
Posted: 31 January 2024 The Scotland Rowing Team selection policy documents for the 2024 Home...
Read more: Scotland...
Posted: 23 January 2024 The Hogmanay bells had barely rung out when the first event of 2024 had...
Read more: Success at...
Posted: 16 January 2024 Scottish Rowing is saddened to hear of the passing of George Hunter OBE at...
Read more: George Hunter...
Posted: 22 December, 2023 After more than 13 years with Scottish Rowing, including 10 as Chief...
Read more: Amanda Cobb...
Posted: 19 December 2023 The 2023, J16 Land Camp took place from 8th – 10th December at the sportscotland...
Read more: A Great Time...
Posted: 18 December 2023 Over the course of the last six months a number of new faces have joined...
Read more: Meet the Team...
Posted: 04 December 2023 The Scottish Rowing Schools Indoor League was once again a great success...
Read more: Another...
Posted: 01 Decemeber 2023 December Quarterly Newsletter Hello and welcome to the second quarterly...
Read more: December...
Posted:29 November 2023 Intersectionality* considers how all social categories – such as...
Read more: ...