| Johnathan
Gornall ( 45 ) GB |
Dominic
Biggs ( 41 ) Hong Kong |
 |
Occupation:
Chief sub-editor on The Times
in London
Sports background:
Runner, triathlete. Rowing novice |
Occupation:
Freelance journalist and
section editor for South China Morning Post in Hong Kong
Sports background :
Former footballer, runner, swimmer. Rowing novice |
Why
take part in the rowing race?
"I have been captivated by the dream of rowing the
Atlantic ever since I was a schoolboy in Ipswich, when Ridgway and
Blyth achieved their feat. My school was situated on an estuary
close to Ipswich port. The night I first heard of the
Ridgway/Blyth triumph I was so inspired I rowed across the busy
shipping channel in pitch darkness. It was terrifying and I
thought at the time the two soldiers must have been mad. But the
hankering to test myself the same way has never left me." |
Why
take part in the rowing race?
"I was raised near Aldershot, the southern English
army town where Ridgway and Blyth were stationed at the time of
their Atlantic crossing. I later read about the feat and,
coincidentally, used to pass their old parade ground on my way to
school. When I later met Jon I found here was someone possessed of
a similar spirit of adventure to my own, and who really believed
we could emulate and even surpass the soldiers' achievement. It
seemed less and less likely as the years went by, but now the race
format has given us the added impetus to try and turn the dream
into reality." |
| Entitled
to say, mid-Atlantic: "We are now mid-Atlantic. Open that
bottle." |
Entitled
to say, mid-Atlantic: "Who built this boat, anyway?" |
