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Woodvale Challenge would like to annouce their latest seminar date for 2011. Please come along. It is free and you can talk about Ocean Rowing guilt free for hours! Sunday 18th September 2011 at 11am at the Great River Race, Ham, Richmond in London No booking necessary but please contact Gemma so we can cater for the right numbers. ... Read more

Ocean sailing on Big Spirit Big Spirit Adventures and Woodvale are offering you the chance to get aboard Big Spirit for some sailing adventures from a simple day out, joining us for some offshore racing or even crossing an Ocean. Big Spirit will be the safety yacht for this year’s Atlantic Rowing Race, she was the winner of the 2004/2005 Globa... Read more

Britannia III and her fourteen crew arrived in Barbados on 15th March 2011 at 02:36 GMT. Their final journey time was 42 days, 17 hours, 54 minutes. All crew are well and have rested and refuelled with food since arriving in the luxury marina of Port St Charles, Barbados. They were welcomed in by many friends and family who had been waiting for ... Read more

Woodvale Challenge would like to annouce their latest seminar date for 2011. Please come along. They're free and you can talk about Ocean Rowing guilt free for hours! Saturday 16th April 2011 @ 11:00 Slug and Lettuce, York, YO1 9QU No booking necessary but please contact Kate so we can cater for the right numbers The seminar will be hosted ... Read more

Squid, birthdays, wind and whales.  This week has had it all! With the thoughts of the record now out of their minds the crew of BRITANNIA III have been enjoying their rowing experience and some of the wildlife in the Atlantic Ocean.  First up were three pilot whales (not the ones in the image above).  It's amazing when yo... Read more

Woodvale are pleased to announce that they will be launching four of the fastest boats in existence in December 2011 to break the mid-Atlantic speed record.     Britannia III   Crossed the Atlantic in 2010 in 38 days. Currently at sea - www.woodvale-works.com ... Read more

Some statistics for all those budding ocean rowers out there... Britannia III Average "Distance to Finish" = 58nm per day Average "Distance over Ground" = 61nm per day Rowed 870nm so far (just over a third of the way) 1785nm to go ... Read more

The Atlantic Allum Cup is now a week old for Britannia III.  After three weeks of delays, and a change of departure location, our support yacht Big Spirit finally counted the starting mark at 12:04 on 31st January 2011. Image courtesy of Jonathan Briggs Britannia III and her crew left Puerto de Mogan and the crowds of tourists and supporters be... Read more

Team INSIGHT, from the Atlantic Ocean Rowing Race 2009, will be speaking about their story, from project conception to present day.  In ocean rowing terms they certainly had one of the more eventful crossings.  From losing a team member 5 days in and then being spiked by a Blue Marlin, their story is an interesting one.  It also provides a valuable in... Read more