Photography by Ben Duffy
On Sunday 20 December 2015 twenty-six boats set off to row 3,000 miles across the Atlantic from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua in what is billed as the world’s toughest rowing race, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
The idea of the Atlantic Challenge race came to Sir Chay Blyth whilst he was rowing the Atlantic Ocean in 1966 with John Ridgeway. It was a 92 day battle against hurricanes, 50 foot waves and near starvation.