Team Northern Atlantic 2011

So today, my partner (Mike Altarace) and I go public with our plans to row the Northern Atlantic Route in 2011.  We will row from Battery Park in New York City to Bishop Rock Light House (and beyond) in the Isles of Scilly just off the southern most coast of the UK.  My partner Mike used to work in Manhattan, and I went to visit him a year or two ago where I went up in the Empire State Building and walked around Battery Park, taking the ferry out to Ellis Island and to the Statue of Liberty.  At the time, I would have never imagined we would hatch a plan to row across the Atlantic starting at that point – Battery Park.  Since agreeing to undertake this challenge, we are both very anxious to get started rowing, but we also realize there is a huge amount of preparatory work that needs to be done first.

We begin some early fund raising at Erg Sprints next weekend as we look for an ocean row boat suitable for the crossing.  I have grown to dislike the process of boat shopping…There are probably less than a handful of ocean rowing boats in the United States.  In the UK, however, there are more, but maybe still only two or three handfuls of available ones.  In the coming weeks, we will have to decide whether to have a boat built from scratch or to buy a second hand boat.  And if we could find a Title Sponsor before hand, who would be willing to buy the boat for us, that would be all the more awesome!

If you, or someone you know, might be interested in sponsoring our historic row, please contact us at go_team ‘@’ rowthepond.com.

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