A 54-year-old British man has been found dead on his boat after falling ill while attempting to row across the Atlantic to raise money for charity. Michael Holt, from Porthmadog in North Wales, set off from Gran Canaria on 27 January, aiming to reach Barbados and raise money for the charity Mind and Liverpool Charity […]
A British father’s ambitious plan to sail across the Atlantic in a tiny homemade yacht has come to a heartbreaking end, after the vessel filled with water upon departure and soon became damaged beyond repair. Andrew Bedwell had been attempting a 1,900-mile journey from Newfoundland, Canada, to Falmouth, Cornwall, aboard a 3ft by 11ft vessel […]
Mahi Two, a Torqeedo-powered uncrewed surface vessel (USV), has become what is believed to be the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean using only solar power, after losing contact with the on-land team for two months. The autonomous robotic boat left the coast of Spain in September 2021 and made landfall in Martinique, in the […]
An astonishing photo captures a six-foot whitetip shark lurking beneath the boat of a man as he rows solo across the Atlantic. Jack Jarvis, 28, a 59 Commando Regiment soldier from Southampton, rowed solo between Portugal and Florida in 111 days to raise funds for the Braintrust charity, in honour of his grandad. Speaking to […]
An amateur sailor is building his own boat at home in Co Wicklow, Ireland, to fulfil a lifelong dream of sailing solo across the Atlantic, according to RTÉ News. Jim Schofield, 57, is assembling the 5.8m yacht in his garage in Blessington. He is one of a number of sailors around the world who have taken on […]