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16.10.2019
Last week it was time to load our much-loved Trainera boat onto a trailer and head for Portsmouth to take the Santander ferry and return her to the Basque country. The ‘Tknika’ was loaned to us by a famous...
15.09.2019
It is as close to chaos as you dare for a competition, but the Great River Race up the Thames from Docklands near Greenwich to Ham 21.6 miles up river is a massive celebration of river rowing. My mighty crew,...
04.08.2019
I’ve wanted to take on the Channel record for decades, but only this summer have I had a boat that could do the job with my dream team of oarsmen. We’d watched the weather in the English Channel for a...
23.07.2019
A weekend to recover from Loch Ness and the boys were training again…for La Manche! With the Monster Row triumph still fresh, I’ve already moved on to the next challenge in our ‘Summer of Records’ in the amazing trainera...
About
Jock Wishart has established an international reputation as a leading adventurer and sportsman.
Within the space of 18 months during 1997-99, he rowed across the Atlantic, established fifteen new world speed records for a powered circumnavigation of the globe and captained a team that broke the London to Paris rowing record. To date, he is the only man to have walked unsupported to a Pole and rowed across an ocean.
Away from these Corinthian exploits, Jock has an active business career and is a popular motivational speaker.