We’ve made it to Constanta- in tact.
We need to say thank you to many people, without whom this project wouldn’t have got off the ground. Some who deserve special thanks are:
Mike Whipp for donating such a solid Manx ocean rowing boat; all of our new friends at Ulm Rowing club (especially Jörg for his master canal logistics throughout, Connie & Michael + family for putting us up and entertaining us for over a week, Hans for driving us and boat to flooded Passau, and to Claudia Barth et al for confirming our taste for German wheat beer…)
Thanks to Charlie Blair (the original Danubian rowing pioneer) for bagpiping us through Vienna, to Imola Varga for keeping the Hungarian river police on our side, and to Predrag Tripkovic and team for the amazing lunch and shower at Red Star BC in Belgrade.
Thanks too to everyone who helped our early crowdfunder effort to source oars, to all of the people and companies who encouraged and sponsored us (especially Gert at Trackplot for providing the GPS tracker and Ardbeg for vinyl wrapping the boat), to Forth Corinthian Yacht Club for giving us free yard space, to Sabrina for designing our logo, to Ant Clifford for driving Fight & Spirit down for her refit, to Francis Carnegy & Emma Coley for providing our comprehensive (and untouched!) first aid kit, to Teems Marine Surveys in Glasgow, and John Higson for ocean rowing wisdom!
There are many more: thank you.
Finally, thanks for following us and encouraging us along the way. When the proceeds from selling the boat come through and are added in, we look likely to exceed the £10,000 fundraising target (but there’s still time to donate)
