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Rowing
Home are HOME!!
43 Days and 14 Hours
On December 2nd 2003, history was made when the first Caribbean
crew consisting of Barbadian Phil Als and Randal Valdez arrived
home from this incredible challenge to row approximately 3,000
nautical miles from Tenerife to Port St Charles in Barbados.
Out of a field of 16 teams, they were the only crew actually
Rowing Home.
Professional
and competitive adventure provides for the competitors a sense
of achievement and for the sponsors, the perfect platform
for business development, for the viewers, the interest and
excitement, and all a share in the ultimate test of strength
and endurance – and of course, because there is a record to
break.
Barbados
Barbados
is the eastern-most Caribbean island. It is located at 13.04N,
59.4W. The island, which is less that one million years old,
was created by the collision of the Atlantic crustal and Caribbean
plates, along with a volcanic eruption. Later coral formed,
accumulating to approximately 300 feet. It is geologically
unique, being actually two land masses that merged together
over the years.
Barbados
is a relatively flat island with an abundant supply of large
gradually sloping beaches fringing the land.
In
some areas, notably the North, coral and sandstone cliffs
rise straight out of the sea reaching several hundred feet
in height. In the South West, cliffs of 50 to 100 feet rise
and fall along the coast, separated by small sandy beaches
and bays.
On
the flatter South West and West coasts, you may walk for miles
along unbroken white sand beaches, sometimes stopping at a
cluster of coral rocks jutting out to sea. All along the shore
large and small beaches are broken by coral formations, the
soft coral rocks weathered by the ocean surf, forming abstract
sculptures to an artist's eye.
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