Solo Atlantic Row 2011

            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tommy Tippetts Tel: 07885 986 972 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   KIRDFORD MAN ATTEMPTING SOLO ATLANTIC ROW 22 Year Old Will Be The Youngest Ever Solo Entrant Of ‘The World’s Toughest Rowing Race’ Tommy Tippetts, 22, of Kirdford, West Sussex is aiming to become one of the youngest people ever to row across the Atlantic Ocean solo as he competes in the Woodvale Challenge Atlantic Rowing Race. Departing La Gomera, Canary Islands on 4thDecember 2011, it is 3000 miles across the open ocean, fully unsupported, to the finish line at Port St. Charles, Barbados. Less than 90 people have ever achieved this feat and with more people summiting Mt. Everest each year than have ever rowed an ocean it is fast becoming a pinnacle of human physical achievement. During his time at sea Tommy will receive no outside support apart from weather updates from his land based...