If you're thinking about covering the row at all, I suppose it might be useful to try and get some facts in there somewhere. Hopefully this will get you started, and also let you know how and where to get hold of me in the meantime.
For further information on the row itself, or to get in contact with Sam, please first contact Kit Williams. I will be available by satellite phone for live interviews if necessary, and photos will be being sent back from mid-Atlantic. If you'd like to know more details about FARM-Africa, please contact Ngaio Bowthorpe.
Info on Sam Williams
Date of Birth: 2nd December 1983
Age at departure: 24 years old
Previous rowing experience: University rowing at Royal Veterinary College - we were never very good; first time rowing an ocean!
Background: Brought up around Bath/Bristol area, with a spell in Paris; went to King Edward's School in Bath; then to the Royal Veterinary College; now living in London (and with parents in Bath) and finishing a law degree through the Open University
Info on FARM-Africa
Website: www.farmafrica.org.uk
Works in partnership with marginal farmers and herders to reduce poverty in eastern and South Africa.
Started in 1985 by Sir Michael Wood and David Campbell
My fundraising target is £20,000
The crossing
Date of departure: January 2008
Route: La Gomera, Canary Islands to Antigua, West Indies
Estimated crossing time: 50-100 days
Distance: approx. 3,000 miles
Pacific Pete
Length: 23.4ft (7.1m)
Beam: 6.3ft (1.9m)
Weight: approx. 750kg
Material: Fibreglass-lined marine plywood
Storage: Cabins, fore and aft
Equipment: Lots! GPS, satellite phone, emergency beacons, watermaker etc.
I'm aiming to raise £20,000 for FARM-Africa. To help me reach this target, and to find out how to get involved, please 
