Woodvale Update….Surfin’: The transatlantic rowing race leaders have finally passed under the 2000 miles to go marker, and are surfing along in strong northeast tradewinds. Some of the boats are putting in 80-90 mile 24-hour runs, and Calderdale Challenge almost hit 100 miles. It’s wild and wet out there, reports Holiday Shoppe Challenge, currently in second place:

“I was looking up at Jesus through my feet,” said Jamie ‘Quote of the Day’ Fitzgerald, “I was looking skyward past my feet. It felt like the boat was vertical before we surfed down the front of the wave.” …“That one particular wave was as close as we’ve come to what felt like a potential capsize or pitch pole,” said Kevin Biggar, “We were both rowing together at the time, trying to extract as much speed out of the boat as possible, when a series of good sized waves seemed to cross over and double up right where we were positioned. There was white water everywhere. It was fantastic, if a little unnerving.”

“Is it just me, or are we rowing uphill…..”

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