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1969 FIRST MAN IN HISTORY TO ROW
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC FROM WEST TO EAST – ALONE
Never deterred by challenges, which would cause others to pale, Tom
was the first man to row the North Atlantic Ocean from West to East
single-handed. Using his experience as a survivor and with no
previous knowledge of sea conditions, he completed this
record-breaking ordeal in just 70 hard days.
1970 BUILT UP ADVENTURE CENTRE
In a rugged and wilderness location of the West Highlands on the
shores of Loch Nevis lies Tom's Adventure Centre. Over the years the
centre has served as a place where hundreds of visitors have
experienced their first taste of adventure.
1982 3,000 MILE VOYAGE IN
WORLD'S SMALLEST YACHT
Giltspur a mere 9ft 9in long, Tom was battling his way across the
Atlantic through ferocious conditions for 54 gruelling days. He took
the world record which was snatched away from him after just three
weeks when an American sailor arrived in a boat 9ft 1in, only
8inches shorter
1983 RECLAIM WORLD RECORD FOR
BRITAIN
Cut 2ft off world's smallest yacht with a chainsaw, was the response
from Tom, making his boat Giltspur just 7ft 9in long and he crossed
the Atlantic all over again, losing his mast and steerage in the Bay
of Biscay during an electric thunderstorm. He landed in Oporto ,
Portugal to re-capture the World Record once more!
1985 SURVIVED ON ROCKALL
He lived on Rockall for 40 days in order to re-affirm Britain 's
mineral and oil rights to the rock. He spent the time on a ledge in
a survival unit 5ft x 4ft x 3ft for 40 days against all that the
wild Atlantic could throw at him.
1987 THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE AGE
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Rowing the Atlantic alone to re-capture the rowing record from
France in his 20ft dory Skol 1080. Tom heaved his way from Canada to
the Bishop's Rock Lighthouse and survived his rowing boat turning
upside down in the middle of the night in 50ft waves emptying
essential equipment into the ocean. He re-captured the Transatlantic
rowing record for Britain after 54 hard days at sea and still holds
this world record today.
1990 SAILED THE ATLANTIC …IN A
BOTTLE
Tom's wackiest adventure was to design a 37ft long Bottle shaped
boat, the Typhoo Atlantic Challenger that he sailed from New York to
Falmouth England . With his usual panache, he equipped it with a
four poster bed, sophisticated navigational equipment to ensure a
secure passage for one of the strangest vessels ever to ply the open
seas.
1996
‘MOBY' PRINCE OF WHALES LAUNCHED
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