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Oliver Hicks

Oliver Hicks, a 23 year old brit, has just spent an incredible 115 days at Sea, to become the youngest person to ever row across the Atlantic from New York to Falmouth.

Read more of his incredible experience at http://www.virginrow.com, sponsored by Richard Branson.
Read more press coverage at http://www.oceanrowing.com/Oliver%20Hicks/Press/index.htm

From past rowers...

Here is all the other pearls of wisdom that I have picked up along the way from my own experience through speaking to past rowers. This is generally stuff that often falls below the radar. A lot of it is tacit knowledge that can make a big difference to life at sea as well as the progress of the project.

This section will be updated as the project progresses.

• Padding on the plywood beam in the cabin
  Rune pointed this out during his experience in crossing the Atlantic in 2001. Padding on the plywood beam inside the cabin would reduce the risk of sustaining a concussion during rough seas.
• Living in the boat for a week prior to leaving
  Its surprising how many little things come to attention when you start living in the boat.
• Vinegar
  More advice from Rune on carrying Vinegar to cope with jelly fish bites and salt sores
• A canister of oxygen on board
  A tip from Tiny who rowed the Atlantic in 2005. In the event of a capsize and the boat not self righting itself, a canister of oxygen can be used to remove the water from the cabin and restore air into the cabin.
• Anti growth chemical in the boat paint
  A coating of paint containing this should prevent barnacles and plankton growing on the underside of the boat, that may increase drag and slow the boat down.

Logistical issues...

Some of the identified logistical issues include transportation of the boat before and after the event, visas for territorial waters, equipment collection and transport.

Technical support from the Ocean Rowing Society has been invaluable for all the logistical aspects of this project.

For CEO's

The Cross Atlantic project offers CEO's  one of the most unique and memorable platforms for internally marketing items on their agenda such as:

• organizational cultural change
• employee motivation
• communicating organizational values such as
• communicating key messages such as Excellence, Teamwork, Inspiration, Leadership, Innovation, Success, Competitiveness, Management, Extraordinary achievement, Health & Fitness, Sport, Environment, Endurance, Reliance, Self Motivation, Manpower, Risk Management, Focus, Perseverance
• recruitment
• corporate social responsibility via donations to the title charity United Way.

Corporations that have been involved in past events have included Bentley, ABN Amro, Telefort, Virgin Atlantic, TNT, Deloitte, Rolls Royce, Royal Sun Alliance, BT, Allianz, UPS, BAE Systems, Creative, Vodaphone, Nokia, Thomson.

Industry segments have included Insurance, Strategic Consulting, Luxury Goods, Logistics, Travel, FMCG, Health & Nutrition, Sports, Media, Telecoms, Technology, Online Banking, Consumer Finance.

Over $2 million in International and Local media exposure:
Past sponsors have received wide print, TV and online coverage in international media such as the BBC TV, BBC Radio, BBC Online, CNN, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times and local newspapers.

Project Plan

 

What it takes...

A Chapter from the book ''FOR LUCRE AND HONOR'' by Dennis B.Husserl

"  A boater familiar with inland waterways would probably ~l find any wave over five feet high frightening, since sitting at the trough (bottom) of any wave makes it seem twice as high. As the winds blow stronger, so will the seas run higher, faster, and hard­er. Here, large wave swells, remnants of storms, can run upwards of 40 to 50 feet—but unless the wave is breaking, it usually is not ‘~ life-threatening."

Read more at http://www.oceanrowing.com/rules_1878.htm

Grim facts on hypothermia

After the cruise liner Lakonia sank in 1963, the rescuers were surprised to find that, despite their lifestyle, those more likely to survive were the passengers who were content to bob around in their life jackets rather than striking out for the African shore. 

Jonathan Gornall and those rowing the Atlantic with him had been on a survival course and there was nothing aboard the Pink Lady that could have sapped their fitness by over-cossetting them. Without this fitness, training and a huge slice of good fortune, together with Peter Bray’s ability to dive to recover the life-raft and the grab bag that contained their survival equipment, it is unlikely that they all would have lived. As it was, Gornall might have sacrificed his chances by unbuttoning his survival suit. The suit became waterlogged and presented a danger akin to that experienced by fishermen whose waders fill with water. His crewmates helped to keep him afloat until he could clamber aboard the life-raft.

Few travellers experience quite such a life-threatening adventure as that of the Pink Lady’s crew, but Richard Dawood’s book Travellers’ Health includes all the grim facts on hypothermia: how to avoid it and how to treat it.
Read more at http://www.oceanrowing.com/Pink_Lady/media/times_12aug.htm