Atlantic Castaways- Ocean Rowing with Jack and Freddie!
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Whilst some students may find the idea of rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in under 90 days a challenge too far, Jack Galsworthy and Freddie Wright aim to complete this monumental task and in doing so become the youngest pair to have ever rowed across the Atlantic and as Jack puts it “find my limits”.
The boys in Blue Steel!
We talked to the boys to find out more about their challenge and why they are doing it…
Having seen a video about four Loughborough students who completed the same ocean rowing challenge Jack suggested to Fred that they take a look and seriously consider a cross Atlantic rowing challenge. Whilst planning a cycling challenge, Rome2Home they decided that Ocean Rowing was for them and the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge was their next endeavor… “from then on it has been all systems go really!”.
Months (or even years) of planning, training and logistics must go into preparing for such a monumental challenge. The boys have managed to secure the boat that carried Atlantic Row 2013 (Will North and Dan Howie) to victory, which will be their home for the weeks at sea. Steve O’Connor (Atlantic Row 2013’s coach) will guide the boys in the build up making sure that the boys are completely prepared physically and mentally for the ocean rowing challenge.
In the build up to the event the boys under the watchful eye of Steve will “aim to put on about 19kg in both muscle and fat”, such is the demanding nature of this challenge the boys must bulk up to combat their “waste away out on the big blue”.
The boys in their bunk!