TALISKER WHISKY ATLANTIC CHALLENGE

FACTS:

• 3,000 miles

• Race takes place every 2 years

• Up to 30 international teams compete

• Start: 2nd December 2013 - La Gomera, Canary Islands

• Finish: 40-90 days - Antigua, Caribbean

• “World’s Toughest Rowing Race”

TALISKER WHISKY ATLANTIC CHALLENGE

PLAN OF ACTION:

• £80,000 – Boat/Food/Race Entry/Travel/Shipping/Accommodation/Training

• £200,000 – Cancer research UK/Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research UK/St Anna’s

• Train – a lot!

• Safe - Fast – Fun

• Row naked

• Weather router- Stokey Woodall

CONCLUSION• £80,000 – Corporate Sponsorship

• 6 x Gold Sponsors / 1 x Bronze Sponsor / 140 x 250 Club Members• £152,000 – Charity Fund • 500 hours training (Gym/Rowing/Weights)

Race• 53 days, 9 hours, 30 minutes and 4 seconds• 2,757 nautical miles• 4th place in the race, 1st in the pairs class (11/16 finished)• 1.5 million oar strokes• 6,000 calories per day• 7 days of storms• 30 whales• 500 Baby Wipes• 20 gallons of tears!

TWITTER: @ATLANTICROW2013FACEBOOK: ATLANTIC ROW 2013WEBSITE: WWW.ATLANTICROW2013.COM

EMAIL: ATLANTICROW2013@GMAIL.COM

‘Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail Row away from the safe harbour.

Catch the trade winds. Explore.Dream.

Discover.’(Mark Twain)