The boys have done it!! After a mammoth 30 hours and 5 minutes in the boat they have beaten the previous record by a massive 6 hours! Thank you from the team to all who supported on route and all those who continue to denote, your generosity is overwhelming. 

The date for the challenge is now set with the team starting at 0500 on Saturday the 7th October 2017 and finishing before 1400 on Sunday the 8th if they are to break the Guinness World Record... 

The Challenge in Numbers:

• 165 miles

• 36 hours of non-stop rowing

• 45 Lochs

• 214 bridges. 

Lymington Rowing Club has drawn together an exceptional support team of 6 people to assist Rob and Dave that includes experts in yacht racing, rowing boat construction and an RAF Doctor. The athletes will use a specially developed boat that maximises speed in the calmer upper Thames but will also be seaworthy enough to cope with rougher water in the Thames Estuary. 

• 2 Men

• 1 boat

• 30,000 calories

• 9 counties

The current world record has stood unbeaten for over 10 years and the team from Lymington will be looking to maximise their technical, practical and physical experience of rowing in challenging coastal conditions in order to set a new world record.    

Dave Mans and Rob Malby are the athletes that will crew the boat and have over 30 years of coastal rowing experience between them. Both are serving in the Army and have a number of other rowing challenges to their names including the successful 500 mile ‘Old Pultney’ row to the magnetic North Pole.