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PATRICK WINTERTON and MICK BERWICK attempted and succeded in making the first unaided kayak crossing from Scotland to the Faroe Islands in Aid of the RNLI. Few have tried, they are the first to succeed. We made it. Just. We were unbelievably lucky with the weather in that the wind only picked up when we were 30 km from the south of the Faroes. The last twenty km took ten hours and there wasn't much left in the tank, although we thought that half way across. Many thanks to all of you who followed the trip and especially to those who donated to the RNLI, you can still donate on our Justgiving page. The page will remain open for anyone who wants to help us continue to raise funds. The competition has closed and the winner will be announced shortly. The plan is to present the prize at some stage during the Cornish Storm Gathering in September 09. The exact day/time will be posted on this site. Apologies to those of you who were following our SPOT position over the final hours. This was my fault (Patrick) as I forgot to reboot the device after a 24 hr stint. We were on for a 66hr final crossing before the Faroes tides pushed us from 7 to 14 km off shore. We can highly recomend a trip to the Faroes. THE WINNER OF OUR COMPETITION IS: Leivur Vitalis, Faroe Islands Leivur's time (96:12:22) came within 24 min 39 sec of the final time (96:37:01) 
A large part of the motivation for doing this trip, and the sole reason for setting up the website, is to raise funds in aid of the RNLI. Thank you for following our painfully slow progress as we made our way north. Support the RNLI on our Justgiving page |
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