“HELLO, I'M CHARLIE PITCHER AND WELCOME TO TRANSATLANTICSOLO.COM”
This is a race 3,000 miles across the Atlantic in a rowing boat, which I am doing in memory of Shaun McLeod Jones.
Having been involved in America's Cup, Admiral's Cup, Whitbread and Olympic yachting campaigns, I now face my sternest challenge yet – taking to the oars and rowing in the 2009 Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race solo!
Starting from La Gomera in the Canary Islands and finishing in Antigua, the race can take anything between 50 – 90 days to complete. This event is perhaps best known for the crossing of James Cracknell and Ben Fogle in the 2005 race, the documentary of which was shown on BBC1, ‘Through Hell and High Water’.
The race itself is a 2,931 mile (4,727km) journey across the Atlantic Ocean in nothing other than a small rowing boat, battling against sleep deprevation, salt sores and the physical extremes that the row will inflict.
To keep up to date with how I am getting on and send me words of encouragement, please see my blog.
My main rival in the race is Peter Van Kets. This extraordinary man has previously won this event, and over the weeks leading to the race start we became very good friends so you may hear me mention his name in my blog from time to time. Please take a few minutes to have a look at Peter's website and share the encouragement that you give me with him.
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