The boat has safely arrived thanks to Gary from Aquila Logistics so we are good to go… Except for the record flooding – the worst in 500 years. We learnt a new German word; Katastrophonalarumn. The good news is the water levels are dropping quite markedly in Ulm so fingers crossed we can set off soon. This is unlikely to […]

It’s an overcast but dry day in Ulm, Germany. The Danube is still high so it looks like we are staying here for a while when the boat arrives this afternoon. We had a brilliant night last night with everyone at Ulmer Ruderclub. They seem to think it’ll take a few days for the water to drop enough.

After a few busy days with Fight and Spirit we are ready to head off. The blades are painted, vinyl is on ad the boat packed with a ton of tasty Stoats bars. Many thanks to Iain Weir of Rowing Photography who popped down to take some pictures. Pictures to follow.

Thanks to Ardbeg, we now have vinyl wrapped bow and stern cabins. Just 10 days to go until the off!

We should really change our boat’s name from Fight & Spirit to Fight & Ardbeg.  The fantastic people at Ardbeg have kindly agreed to be the official whisky of our Danube row.  Our boat will proudly bear the Ardbeg logo as we row our way through 11 countries on our way to Istanbul.

On Saturday 25th August, H2Row took Fight & Spirit on it’s first outing into the North Sea. More pictures are in the Photo gallery.