Ocean Rowing Team Waves to Awareness
We (The CMSA) are proud to announce Ocean Rowing Team Waves to Awareness!
From the team...
We are a unified team of locals and inhabitants of Antigua, representing our island in the 2025 Atlantic Dash. We will row 3,200 miles from Lanzarote to Jolly Harbour in a 28ft ocean rowing boat, starting January 23rd, 2025. Notably, two of our members, from the amazing National Sailing Academy, will become some of the youngest Caribbean Nationals to ever row an ocean!
About their mission...
Their mission goes beyond the journey—they are using this challenge as a platform to raise awareness of the association and more importantly, of water safety. Funds raised by the team go direct to the our mission... "For better Maritime Safety, Maritime Security and Water Safety Awareness".
Our Generous Sponsors!
The Ocean Rowing Boat...
Measuring 28ft long and a little under 6ft wide, this is the crew’s life support system, from start to finish. The boat will carry everything they need for the duration of their journey. The team will be rowing in pairs and will be running on a shift pattern of two hours rowing followed by two hours resting for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That means for anything between 35 and 70 days, nobody will be getting more than 90 minutes of sleep at a time.
From the second the crew push off, until they next set foot on land, the boat will be everything to them.
They will either be on deck rowing or they will be in the tiny cabin which is about two thirds the size of a double bed. Inside this, they will rest, cook, eat, sleep, film vlogs, navigate, communicate with the outside world and each other, patch up any injuries, write blogs, carry out equipment repairs, clean themselves… in fact, the only thing they won't be doing in the cabin is going to the toilet.
To most people's amusement, using the toilet facilities is an alfresco affair that bears a striking resemblance to a bucket on deck. This is largely due to the fact it is a bucket on deck. Lovely when it is sunny and calm but try to imagine yourself balanced atop of said bucket whilst there are howling winds and towering waves crashing onto you, whilst being watched by your rowing partner!
Thank you for visiting!
Did you know that the Caribbean Maritime Safety Association (or CMSA for short) is a registered non-profit organisation that relies solely on donations from its members and supporting organisations?
Donations go towards educational programmes such as our Making Waves Project, Search and Rescue Training and much more!