A group of four men will attempt to row from Newfoundland, Canada to Falmouth in the ‘Atlantic Spirit’. The boat, made of carbon fibre, will set off from Canada in June 2002.
Mark Stubbs (of the Royal Marines), George Rock, Nigel Morris and Rob Munslow will make up the four-man team from Teeside.
The journey should take 32 days and cover 2,100 miles. The current record for the transatlantic row is 35 days, held by 11 Frenchmen.
Pete Goss (of Team Phillips fame, pictured above) unveiled his Totnes-built ‘Atlantic Spirit? at the London International Boat Show at Earls Court. He said that they hope that crews will break the west to east transatlantic crossing, and the more difficult east to west crossing, going against prevailing winds and the Gulf Stream.
This comes almost a year after the Governing Body for Powerboating moved their finishing line from Bishop Rock in the Islands to Lizard Point, for unknown reasons. Being a rowing team, the finishing line will be different anyway.
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