Solo North Atlantic row

[Man and dory]

Hi everyone I’m planning a solo North Atlantic row in a wooden dory retracing the original ocean crossing by rowing boat of 1896 my website is www.mananddory.co.uk .I’m looking for any advice or ideas on finding funding/sponsorship . Thanks for reading, kindest Jacob

 

[bikedaft]

Good on you. I have a book somewhere of all the small boat voyages of the Atlantic (that are known about!) The early ones saw a lot of ships, and stopped and chatted, for position, food and water.

Have you got your boat, yet?

Good luck, please let us know how you get on. They are very seaworthy boats. (I row a 16ft Norwegian style boat about the Leven and Clyde.)

 

[Man and dory]

Hi no boat yet still waiting for funding to come in to get the build underway, will keep you updated for sure, thanks for the reply.
it was Chay and ridgeways boat the English rose that inspired the dory. She looked after them so well.

 

[Wansworth]

Why not just go to the states get a job and pay to have a dory built,the hardest part of many adventuresis the prep and remember those early rowers once they left sight of the coast there was no aid,internet etc,just go and do it

 

[[70521]]

Hi no boat yet still waiting for funding to come in to get the build underway, will keep you updated for sure, thanks for the reply.
it was Chay and ridgeways boat the English rose that inspired the dory. She looked after them so well.

Have you thought about contacting John Ridgway? Ridgway Adventure

 

[Man and dory]

Have you thought about contacting John Ridgway? Ridgway Adventure

Yeah I did , got a really nice reply of encouragement from him

 

[Blueboatman]

I don’t know quite what to say
I’ve crossed one ocean one way in a small boat by myself and - if you are as cautious as I at sea- the preparation is massive !
Equally I quickly learnt to talk to /surround oneself with people who do and have done and not (!) those who haven’t or never will , risk averse or plain sensible folk if you like ..
because it will infect your mind set . And at the end of the day it will be just you out there with one mind and one body.
That's why the more able armed forces types- who often seemed to know nothing about sailing but everything about A Sound Attitude - can pull these things off .
I thibk I would be chatting to as many team rowers as you are able to.. networking if you like.
But remember , west to east is statistically colder and windier than EW from the canaries so that wee boat capsule has to be 100% up to the job.
I think I would want a small mast and sail too if you become too knackered or blisters or it’s too lumpy a sea to row at times..
lots and lots to think about

your website and reasons I think are spot on
What else can one write ? Good luck and don’t leave until YOU are 100% ready . And maybe try to borrow a heavily laden dory and work up some days at sea as preplanning?
All the best

 

[Farmer Piles]

Very sound advice above. I can offer nothing more than moral support. In terms of advice and inspiring people: I interviewed Ellen MacArthur just a couple of days before she set off on her record breaking voyage. Totally charming, very open and she is obviously a master of fundraising. Maybe worth contacting.
Saw Ben Fogle live locally. Again, totally charming, inspiring and friendly and has rowed the Atlantic - as well as doing the Sahara 70 mile ultra marathon amongst other things
Maybe Pete Goss too.

Good luck.

 

[ridgy]

I think you're mad but I wish you well. Having read a Fighting Chance it sounds quite dreadful.

Your site doesn't mention any rowing experience?

I have a friend who is planning to do the normal Atlantic row next year and he has been preparing for the last 2 years, at the local rowing club every weekend, indoor rowing competitions etc and lots of other physical preparations.

I would advise you to add your experience and preparations to your site otherwise it sounds like a bit of a fantasy and people are unlikely to sponsor on that basis.
Start by rowing round the isle of wight for charity and make yourself known. Some of us would come and cheer you on.

 

[srm]

Many of the single handed sailing races require a significant qualifying mileage in the boat. There is wisdom in this so once you have built your boat a programme of familiarisation and training will be a good idea.

However, if you are really determined to go why are you spending time and effort looking for funding when you could be getting on with it using your own resources? Asking for funding for shipping the boat to NY for example will be far more credible if you have already put your own effort in to it and have a track record. Two examples:

Robbin Knox Johnson tried to get funding for the Golden Globe, but had to settle for using the boat he had already built and owned. As the saying goes "the rest is history".

Many years ago, without any publicity or hype, a young man in Shetland had the dream of sailing around the world, so he quietly got on with it by buying materials and built his boat while working to pay for it. Once the boat was completed he sailed it around the world.
A short history : Elsi Arrub

 

[Man and dory]

I don’t know quite what to say
I’ve crossed one ocean one way in a small boat by myself and - if you are as cautious as I at sea- the preparation is massive !
Equally I quickly learnt to talk to /surround oneself with people who do and have done and not (!) those who haven’t or never will , risk averse or plain sensible folk if you like ..
because it will infect your mind set . And at the end of the day it will be just you out there with one mind and one body.
That's why the more able armed forces types- who often seemed to know nothing about sailing but everything about A Sound Attitude - can pull these things off .
I thibk I would be chatting to as many team rowers as you are able to.. networking if you like.
But remember , west to east is statistically colder and windier than EW from the canaries so that wee boat capsule has to be 100% up to the job.
I think I would want a small mast and sail too if you become too knackered or blisters or it’s too lumpy a sea to row at times..
lots and lots to think about

your website and reasons I think are spot on
What else can one write ? Good luck and don’t leave until YOU are 100% ready . And maybe try to borrow a heavily laden dory and work up some days at sea as preplanning?
All the best

Lovely message thank you, mast and sail has to stay at home or it won’t count as a ocean row, cheating basically. I
thanks again for replying kindest Jacob

I don’t know quite what to say
I’ve crossed one ocean one way in a small boat by myself and - if you are as cautious as I at sea- the preparation is massive !
Equally I quickly learnt to talk to /surround oneself with people who do and have done and not (!) those who haven’t or never will , risk averse or plain sensible folk if you like ..
because it will infect your mind set . And at the end of the day it will be just you out there with one mind and one body.
That's why the more able armed forces types- who often seemed to know nothing about sailing but everything about A Sound Attitude - can pull these things off .
I thibk I would be chatting to as many team rowers as you are able to.. networking if you like.
But remember , west to east is statistically colder and windier than EW from the canaries so that wee boat capsule has to be 100% up to the job.
I think I would want a small mast and sail too if you become too knackered or blisters or it’s too lumpy a sea to row at times..
lots and lots to think about

your website and reasons I think are spot on
What else can one write ? Good luck and don’t leave until YOU are 100% ready . And maybe try to borrow a heavily laden dory and work up some days at sea as preplanning?
All the best

I don’t know quite what to say
I’ve crossed one ocean one way in a small boat by myself and - if you are as cautious as I at sea- the preparation is massive !
Equally I quickly learnt to talk to /surround oneself with people who do and have done and not (!) those who haven’t or never will , risk averse or plain sensible folk if you like ..
because it will infect your mind set . And at the end of the day it will be just you out there with one mind and one body.
That's why the more able armed forces types- who often seemed to know nothing about sailing but everything about A Sound Attitude - can pull these things off .
I thibk I would be chatting to as many team rowers as you are able to.. networking if you like.
But remember , west to east is statistically colder and windier than EW from the canaries so that wee boat capsule has to be 100% up to the job.
I think I would want a small mast and sail too if you become too knackered or blisters or it’s too lumpy a sea to row at times..
lots and lots to think about

your website and reasons I think are spot on
What else can one write ? Good luck and don’t leave until YOU are 100% ready . And maybe try to borrow a heavily laden dory and work up some days at sea as preplanning?
All the best

thank you for a lovely message, mast and sail has to stay at home otherwise it’s classed as cheating and the row wouldn’t be counted.

I have a 10ft rowing boat I’m training in to attempt a double lap of the Isle of Wight for fundraising. So that’s my aim at the minute.

This is a project that stirs up all sorts of opinions and views and is why these crossings are so rare. It’s in the heart of the individual that the strength and unwavering conviction that it’s possible and these possibilities are real that such achievements happen. The mind can spin all sorts of story’s that can steer you in the wrong direction.
I guess it’s aligning the mind with the heart and being unstoppable in the face of whatever comes your way.

phil Morrison is going to design the capsules and self righting capabilities. He’s one of or the best ocean boat designers in the world and has been involved in ocean rowboat design since Chay set up the first ocean rowing race from the canaries.

thanks again I’m busy following everyone’s advice kindest jacob

 

[Man and dory]

Many of the single handed sailing races require a significant qualifying mileage in the boat. There is wisdom in this so once you have built your boat a programme of familiarisation and training will be a good idea.

However, if you are really determined to go why are you spending time and effort looking for funding when you could be getting on with it using your own resources? Asking for funding for shipping the boat to NY for example will be far more credible if you have already put your own effort in to it and have a track record. Two examples:

Robbin Knox Johnson tried to get funding for the Golden Globe, but had to settle for using the boat he had already built and owned. As the saying goes "the rest is history".

Many years ago, without any publicity or hype, a young man in Shetland had the dream of sailing around the world, so he quietly got on with it by buying materials and built his boat while working to pay for it. Once the boat was completed he sailed it around the world.
A short history : Elsi Arrub

Hi thanks for you message, my dory will be getting built in Nova Scotia so no shipping fees for the little beauty . my situation doesn’t allow for getting on with it myself. No spare money it all goes into my family. For sure if I was single I would go down that route, I have too many commitments with my earnings , truckers don’t get a magic wage.
We can but dream and if life has this in line for me then I guess it will happen. ?

 

[Man and dory]

I think you're mad but I wish you well. Having read a Fighting Chance it sounds quite dreadful.

Your site doesn't mention any rowing experience?

I have a friend who is planning to do the normal Atlantic row next year and he has been preparing for the last 2 years, at the local rowing club every weekend, indoor rowing competitions etc and lots of other physical preparations.

I would advise you to add your experience and preparations to your site otherwise it sounds like a bit of a fantasy and people are unlikely to sponsor on that basis.
Start by rowing round the isle of wight for charity and make yourself known. Some of us would come and cheer you on.

Thank you ! Yep I’m a tourist when it comes to rowing I have just got hold of a 10 ft boat to attempt a double lap of the island this summer for a fundraiser. Non stop in under 48 hrs is the mission. I’ll update the website for it. Kindest to ya thanks for the message

 

[Man and dory]

Very sound advice above. I can offer nothing more than moral support. In terms of advice and inspiring people: I interviewed Ellen MacArthur just a couple of days before she set off on her record breaking voyage. Totally charming, very open and she is obviously a master of fundraising. Maybe worth contacting.
Saw Ben Fogle live locally. Again, totally charming, inspiring and friendly and has rowed the Atlantic - as well as doing the Sahara 70 mile ultra marathon amongst other things
Maybe Pete Goss too.

Good luck.

Thank you for this loads I’ll look into that for sure. Great if you to reply kindest jacob

 

[ridgy]

Thank you ! Yep I’m a tourist when it comes to rowing I have just got hold of a 10 ft boat to attempt a double lap of the island this summer for a fundraiser. Non stop in under 48 hrs is the mission. I’ll update the website for it. Kindest to ya thanks for the message

Are you a member of Ryde Rowing Club

If not why not? Have you done a single lap around iow? I would would probably start there. It can be a bit of a shit sailing round it which mostly entails drinking tea and pushing a stick. In fact I'd probably start by rowing across to the mainland and see how you get on. A 10 foot boat is quite different to something bigger.

 

[srm]

Hi everyone I’m planning a solo North Atlantic row in a wooden dory

Short video by a guy who designed and built his own ocean rowing boat. Its a bit more sophisticated than a dory:

Tom Robinson's Rowboat MAIWAR, A Close-Up Tour - OffCenterHarbor.com