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ROZ Row CANCELLED #18

Posted by: sadielady, 7:48 AM GMT on May 09, 2012

OAR - The Olympic Atlantic Row

200 days ago, when I wrote the last blog entry about Roz Savage as she arrived in Mauritius after rowing her third ocean, the Indian Ocean, I thought that was that - she said she had retired from ocean rowing!

"You recall that last October I retired from ocean rowing? But I did also say that I WASN’T saying "never again" – just "enough is enough – for now". Well, it seems that "for now" didn’t last very long….

Well, it seems she is about to embark on her latest adventure, rowing from Newfoundland to London, to arrive in time for the Olympics.

She has joined Andrew Martin, in a boat called Bojangles, to row the "wrong" way across the Atlantic.

She arrived in Newfoundland on Monday, after a 23 hour flight.... without her luggage! Poor girl.

At the moment both Roz and Andrew, (also called Mos), are waiting for the weather to be right for the launch.

"We are now getting daily weather updates from our weatherman Lee Bruce with a view to determining our Estimate To Depart. It’s not looking too promising at the moment, for the next 5 days at least. We need a little bit of west in the wind to help us clear dry land, and relatively light winds while we cross the notorious Grand Banks, where waves reaching the sudden shallows of the continental shelf can pile up into rough and messy sea conditions. For now the extra time on land is welcome, but if we are to arrive in London in time for the Olympics, we won’t want to wait for too long."

Link to the Twitter page

The OAR blog

Link to Roz's blog

Link to TRACKER MAP on WU

So it is time to get out your flags and shout ....

ROW ROZ ROW!!

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Updated: 5:20 PM GMT on May 20, 2012

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Sadielady is the alternate handle for Sandiquiz. In this blog, since 2005, I have followed the Ocean rower, Roz Savage, on her travels.

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