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"Oarsman's solo Antarctica quest
A 47-year-old oarsman plans to spend 10 months circumnavigating Antarctica solo in a rowing boat.
Ex-Merchant Navy seaman Colin Yeats, of Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, hopes to become the first person to complete the 11,300-mile trip in extreme weather.
Mr Yeats also plans to gather global warming data while battling hazardous huge "waves, gales, ice and fog".
He sets off in mid-December in his 22-foot rowing boat named after its Dorset designer Charlie Rossiter.
Mr Yeats, who has been planning the Antarctic Circumpolar Expedition for four years, said: "It is a massive, massive thing to do.
"It will be the most difficult and hazardous circumnavigation of the globe.
"This is very significant because there is an insufficiency of data from the Southern Ocean."
Mr Yeats, who served in the Merchant Navy on the QE2 liner turned troop-carrier during the Falklands War, will cram his twin-cabin vessel craft with freeze-dried food to provide himself with the 6,000 calories per day he will need to sustain himself.
He acknowledges that with the sea and air temperature rarely rising above five degrees centigrade the conditions for rowing there will be dangerous.
Mr Yeats, now looking for a major sponsor, will also have to row around the notorious Cape Horn in the closing stages of the voyage."
Pam
quote:Originally posted by PamM:Is this guy nuts?
Yes.
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Cheers
"A father-of-seven's quest to become the first person to row around Antarctica has ended in failure for a second time.
Colin Yeates, 47, was rescued from his 22ft craft Charlie Rossiter after it repeatedly capsized in heavy seas off the Falkland Islands. Mr Yeates, from Chandlers Ford, Hants, began his bid on Thursday but activated his emergency beacon on Saturday after hitting "very heavy seas".
His first attempt ended in disaster on 4 January after just 30 hours at sea.
Years of planningMr Yeates said his craft capsized five times and some of his equipment was lost. A patrol boat from the Falklands took him off his craft and efforts were being made to recover the vessel. Mr Yeates has been planning the Antarctic Circumpolar Expedition for four years.
His twin-cabin craft was crammed with 200kg of freeze-dried food to provide him with the 6,000 calories per day he needed." from the BBC.
Are they suggesting that fathering seven children saps ones strength? It probably did his wifes!
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