Why, the first question everybody asks veteran and would be ocean rowers. In as few or as many words as you wish explain, or at least try to explain, 'why' you chose to go to sea in an ocean rowing boat. (Or are planning to go to sea in an Ocean Rowing boat).

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Andrew Giles - By profession I am a mechanical engineer. I had some prior experience of endurance events such as 1000 mile push bike races, various marathon distance running races etc, but had zero rowing experience before embarking on the challenge. All that changed quite rapidly once we were committed to the 2003 Woodvale race! I completed that race with Faye Langham in 56 days and 4 minutes.

Andrew Wrote: I originally decided to do this having been in a pub late one night and seen a clip of a finisher from the 2001 race. I saw how ragged and damaged he was and just decided to have a crack at whatever he'd just been through becasue I was looking for a sporting event I could really get my teeth into.

I've done plenty of challenges before and after this, but no other challenge has so completely blown people away when you tell them what you are/have done. People that have never been to sea think its an awesome adventure, people that have been to sea before often genuinely think you're bezerk.

No other challenge will so completely change your attitude to life and the little problems you face along the way, personally I've become a lot more laid back in my approach to everything and work now definitely plays second fiddle dreaming up imaginative new ways of punishing my body!