Latest News
A recent article in the Daily Telegraph featured Arthur Chatto and his fellow rowers in Exe Endurow. The team are no strangers to adventure sports, though Arthur and his team-mates admit they are new to rowing. They are currently training hard and learning the skills it takes to navigate around Britain’s challenging coastline. The team […]
Read MoreWEST COUNTRY MEN BREAK WORLD RECORD FOR ROWING NON-STOP AROUND BRITAIN Two west country men who have spent the last 26 days rowing 2,000 miles non-stop around Britain set a new world record when they reached Tower Bridge today(Friday). Jason McKinlay and Josh Tarr, from Salcombe, Devon knocked 11 days off the existing world record […]
Read MoreBlog from Jason at anchor in the Thames upriver from the QEII bridge at the Dartford Crossing: So its nearly done.. Almost 2000 miles of The British Isles, two men in a small boat. It’s been a truly wonderful experience, with more high’s than we thought we’d have. The only low points, if any, we’re […]
Read MoreNew Blog from Josh Tarr on Savoir Faire. Incredible day yesterday. We made a big push and covered much more distance than we’d hoped with both of us on the oars. We both needed to eat and rest so I stayed on for a couple hours whilst Jay got some food and very little sleep! […]
Read MoreSix hours together on the oars last night, meant Jason McKinlay and Josh Tarr made real progress towards the finish of GBRow 2013 – the world’s toughest rowing race. At the start of day 39 at sea, the pair from Salcombe, Devon are now around 90 miles from the finish at Tower Bridge in London. […]
Read MoreSavoir Faire are at anchor just south of Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast, 139miles from the GBRow 2013 finish. At this stage it now looks likely they will reach Tower Bridge early on Friday afternoon (July 12). This will be revised during the week as they approch London. After making the 100-mile crossing from North […]
Read MoreSavoir Faire are now just four miles off the north Norfolk coast, near Sheringham and more importantly less than 160 miles to the finish. In a text to race HQ overnight, Jason McKinlay predicts they will reach Tower Bridge in London for a Friday/Saturday finish. We will be able to predict the finish with much more accuracy as the week progresses. […]
Read MoreAfter clocking up 42 miles yesterday, team Savoir Faire have set themselves target of 50 miles today. If they manage to achieve that they will be at Flamborough Head, near Bridlington, by 10.00 tomorrow. In a phone call to race HQ from off the North Yorkshire coast near Whitby, Josh Tarr said: “Once we reach […]
Read MoreIt is five weeks exactly since GBRow 2013 began at Tower Bridge in London at 08.16 on June 1 when six boats set off to race unassisted around mainland Britain. After 35 days at sea, Josh Tarr and Jason McKinlay of Team Savoir Faire are still racing and chasing a new Guinness World Record for a pair […]
Read MoreChris Usborne, race director of GBRow 2013 writes: Team Savoir Faire, the last boat in GB Row 2013 should finish the Race at the end of next week as current weather forecasts are favourable. I spoke to Savoir Faire skipper Jason McKinlay at 09:30 this morning as his rowing partner, Josh Tarr, was on the oars making […]
Read More