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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 me, please drop me an e-mail. 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

I have so far managed to raise £20,197.19 for FARM-Africa

The crossing

Date of departure: 12 January 2008 - 15.15GMT

Route: La Gomera, Canary Islands to Antigua, West Indies

Crossing time: 75 days, 4 hours, 43 minutes

Distance: approx. 3,000 miles in a straight line, but I covered 3,750 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.


Total time of crossing

75 DAYS 4 HOURS 43 MINUTES

Miles (statute) rowed

3750 MILES

Miles (statute) to Antigua

0 MILES

Support me

Sam WilliamsI have raised over £20,000 for FARM-Africa. To help me raise even more, and to find out other ways to get involved, please visit my new "Pedalling all the Way" website.

FARM-Africa

FARM-Africa works with poor African farmers, helping them to produce more food for their families. Read more about FARM-Africa here.

FARM-Africa

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