Always keen to get involved in the community, Freebird are proud to be sponsoring Peter Raab and Tim Wilks for their epic 3,000 mile rowing challenge from Puerto Colon, Tenerife to Antigua, West Indies.
The brave duo will leave on December 8 and could be gone for up to three months, fighting the Atlantic without a motor or a sail. Their efforts are to raise funds for Orobal, a Los Cristianos based charity that helps bring support and comfort to mentally and physically handicapped children.
Their boat, Martha Dos is moored in Puerto Colon harbour, dwarfed by bigger more powerful boats, after all it’s just 7.1 metres long and 1.9 metres wide. Peter and Tim have to live on this for the duration of the voyage and take turns at trying to sleep in a cramped cabin at one end of the boat.
Freebird will be arranging a series of fund raising events, if you want to get involved contact angela@freebirdsailing.com and keep checking this site for more news as the clock ticks down to departure day.