TODAY Chafic Ghazale sets off on an epic adventure. His objective is to row from Cyprus to Lebanon, a distance of 150 miles, in a VirusBoats Yole and become the first Rower in the Middle East and the Levant area to enter the “Rowers Almanac “ reference book for rowers world wide.
He has been advised by Kjartan Hauksson who rowed around Iceland in a Yole!
Here is a link to Chafic's Facebook page.
I've just got back from France with some boats. You'll notice my racing boat on the roof bars. Why? Well I'm creating a video explaining the differences between different types of rowing boats and my racing boat illustrates well how extreme boats can become.
I had a great reunion last weekend with members and families of the University College of North Wales Boat Club crew in which I first rowed the Head of the River Race on the Tideway in London 40 years ago. We even had a row together (courtesy of Sudbury RC), which was passably good given the lack of practice by most of the crew!
I'm off to France tomorrow to collect a load of boats and to attend a little regatta that VirusBoats is hosting on the Ria d'Etel where I hope to create some video for use on this web site.
Meantime I have a fresh container of TS515 training sculls en route from Australia. They should arrive mid to late June. Reserve yours NOW.