We are The Brightsides. We are a mixed team of 4 who are taking on the challenge of rowing the Atlantic Ocean in January 2024, self-funded, and totally unsupported to raise money for Meningitis Now, Get A-Head and The RNLI. Because we are self-funded, every single penny that you donate will go to our incredible charities.

Thank you for visiting our page, and showing interest in our challenge. Your support means an incredible amount to everyone involved in both our row, and also the charities we are supporting.

The Atlantic Row challenge is considerable.

We envisage that it will take us 6 - 7 weeks.

Set out below are some key facts to put the challenge into perspective.

What this means is every penny that you donate, will go to

• The journey is over 3,000 miles

• The team will row over 1.5 million oar strokes.

• The team will row 2 hrs on / 2hrs off, non-stop, for the duration of the crossing.

• We expect to be able to sleep for a maximum of 85 minutes at a time.

• The cabins that we sleep in are roughly the size of a family estate car boot.

• At its deepest, the Atlantic Ocean is 5.28 miles deep.

• When mid-ocean the nearest human will likely be on the International Space Station

• The waves that the team expect to face will measure up to 40ft high.

• Temperatures will rise to 40c when near the equator.

• Each team member will burn in excess of 5,500 calories per day.

• We will need to take approximately 1,500,000 calories of food with us on the boat.

• The team expects to lose 20% of their bodyweight during the crossing.

• More people have climbed Mount Everest, than rowed an ocean.