The Row

Pedro will be crossing the 3300 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, east to west, from the Morocco to Barbados. The mid-Atlantic crossing takes place between December and February to make the most of the favourable trade winds and to avoid the hurricane season. Morocco is an ideal launching point for east to west ocean rows, being situated at the base of the Trade Wind Belt. The crew plan to depart from Agadir, Morocco in mid-January, depending on tides and local weather. Their boat, the Sara G, is fully equipped for six people – three rowing stations and three berths. With three people rowing at all times, in a rotating two hour shift pattern, the expedition should take something in the region of forty days to complete. However, things don't always go to plan, and should stormy weather arise then the crew will retreat to the cabins to sit things out. Every ocean rower prays to be spared the wait on the sea anchor for better winds and conditions, and Pedro will be hoping to arrive in Barbados by the end of February.

Ocean rowing has been termed by some as ‘the new Everest'; however, despite the increasing number of rows across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, fewer people have rowed across an ocean than have climbed Everest or have been into space!! This is the first time a crew of six have attempted the Atlantic, and Pedro will also be the first Portuguese man ever to row any ocean. Bizarrely, he will be the third from Trinity College, Cambridge to row the Atlantic!