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Matt Boreham Ocean Rower
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Sun, 16 Mar 2008
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| Sore bottoms |
Well over half way now, and less than a week we
hope to the under 1000miles to go. Constant bad
weather has caused non stop rowing problems for
the boys. Every time you look on the weather
sites the waves are going south or east- not
following the traditional trade route patterns.
So it has been hard work- not that it isn't
normally. Everything is sore including the ocean
rowers bottom- however thanks to the black sheep
fleece, no boils! just salt water sores. Matt
however is in good spirits as he can see the end
in sight. Fixing the cooker was also a great
boost. Dispite having taken several, they have
found the constant spray a cooker killer and were
down to their last one, however Matt managed to
get one that had given up the ghost back and
working. Better weather has been a great boost
too. But still over 20 days to go- it has been a
long haul, not only for them but for us left
behind.
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Posted 16:41
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Tue, 05 Feb 2008
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| Messages from Matt |
Well Matt is pleased this week with the
conditions. It has been hard out there, constant
poor weather following them, but the stereo is
working again and they are at last able to row.
Matt sounded very cheerful in his last message to
me.
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Posted 13:58
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| Latest news |
Monday 4th Feb- Luxury hot food!
Day: 25Distance covered: 432 milesSince being
stuck in our cabin for nearly the whole of my
birthday, we areplease to report that we've been
busy rowing over the weekend (31 miles onSaturday
and 30 miles on Sunday).We saw another fishing
vessel today, which we kept a eye on following
theclose call we experienced last week. It turned
out that we were right towatch this boat too,
because as they started to come near us we
realisedthey were also on a collision course!
Again, following maritimeprocedures, we tried to
contact the vessel by radio and this time
theyanswered, thankfully! So not such a close
call this time, but well worthfollowing the
necessary procedures.The best news is that we've
eaten our first hot food in ages. We atefreeze-
dried beef casserole last night, which was
actually really tasty!This morning we tucked into
freeze-dried porridge, rice pudding and coffee- a
real luxury!Although our overall progress has been
slow, we always knew that the firstfew weeks would
be the hardest. So here's hoping that the bad
weather willstart to get behind us and the hard
slog south puts us in a strongerposition to pick
up the trade winds, because we're certainly not
planningto still be rowing in six months time!
Thank you for your continued messages of support,
we're really grateful.
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Posted 13:56
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Sun, 27 Jan 2008
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| Update Sunday 27th |
Hi, Spoke to Matt twice this week. He is in good
spirits dispite the week. The weather has not let
up, they managed to make some distance on Sat
19th, but then were back on the sea anchor the
next. Mid week they were going backward, then
again some miles covered. Yesterday they were back
on the sea anchor again. But on the plus side the
stereo is working once again. They spent some
time clearing the lockers out as they are leaking,
and it is not dry enough for them to seal them.
They also cleaned the growths of the bottom of the
boat. So they have been putting their time to
good use.
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Posted 10:57
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Sat, 19 Jan 2008
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| Phone Call from Matt tonight. |
Hi,
Got a call from Matt tonight which was great. He
is very frustrated with the weather- but in the 97
rowing race he had similar weather so he is
resigned to it. They were able to row today, but
the weather is picking up again so they will
probably have to go back on the anchor tonight,
and hope that tomorrow is better.
Conditions on board are wet- this boat is a wet
boat Matt says, some of the lockers leak. The
stereo has gotten too wet to work, which is a
disaster, as music is an important part of on
board living. Food is an issue already- when you
cannot get what you fancy and the same menue in a
packet comes round again..........
Matt hopes they will be able to get into a system
soon, as all their ideas of shifts have been blown
away by the weather. He is hoping they will be
able to get a pattern together soon- weather
permitting. But dispite all the problems, he
sounded good- misses us alot (or is it the home
cooking?) but says he is frustrated but ok.
Lets all hope for better weather next week for
them.
Ali
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Posted 03:08
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