Charlie Pitcher has recorded 14 knots on his Atlantic crossing – he has a long way to go to beat the Seagals who notched up a top speed of 19knots on GB Row in 2010.
The women’s team took advantage of the tide race in the Pentland Firth to pass John O’Groats at an average speed of 18.1knots for two hours!
Competitors in GBRow 2013 will be aiming to use the tides to their advantage to break the world record and claim the £100,000 bounty.
GBRow skipper Leven Brown and his crew in Avalon have lost a second dagger board and are wallowing in the Atlantic about 1,000 miles from Barbados, where they are due to land in 12 days time. View position on map
GB Row 2013 skipper Leven Brown passed the half-way point crossing the Atlantic at 16.20GMT today – day 18. His eight-man team in Avalon are trying to beat the 30-day record for crossing from Gran Canaria to Barbados.
David Hosking, skipper of Team Hallin completed over ONE MILLION METRES
during January on the concept2 indoor machine as part of the 2013 Virtual Team
Challenge. The actual distance recorded was 1,005,350 metres!
One of his crew, Neil Ward completed nearly 3/4 million metres in the same
challenge – achieving an impressive 721,300 metres during January.
Leven Brown, skipper of Avalon, sent his apologies to yesterday’s race seminar – he is currently almost half way across the Atlantic chasing the record for rowing from the Canaries to Barbados in under 30 days.
In June, he and his eight-man crew will compete in GBRow 2013.
Jan 28: Ten days into their attempt to row the Atlantic in a record-breaking time of under 30 days, GBRow 2013 skipper Leven Brown and his eight-man crew today completed more than 1,000 miles since leaving Gran Canaria. Just over 2,000miles to go to Barbados. Follow their progress on http://www.oceanrowing.com/Avalon
After completing the Atlantic crossing, Leven will take part in GBRow 2013 in June.