David Whiddon and Lloyd Figgins have undertaken one of the toughest endurance rowing challenges on Earth - to row across the Atlantic Ocean in an independent quest.

On December 19th 2011, they departed from Morocco and rowed 3200nm to Barbados. They completed their challenge in 60 days and 17 hours and became the first independent pair to row that particular route non-stop and the 20th pair to row the Atlantic E-W as an independent pair.

The purpose of their challenge was to raise £24,000 for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution who save lives at sea through their lifeboat stations and beach lifeguards. They aimed to raise money and awareness of the RNLI’s Train One, Save Many crew training campaign.

What is the significance of raising £24,000?

This is the annual cost to train all the volunteers at one lifeboat station.

The RNLI rely entirely on donations to support the 42,660 volunteers who work tirelessly to ensure comprehensive safety coverage around our coast. The cost of this commitment does not come cheap and every year the charity must raise £147.7 million to keep the lifeboats and lifeguards operating.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to all our sponsors and donors who supported us in our quest to cross the Atlantic - without all of you, we wouldn’t have been able to get to the start line. Thank you for helping us to achieve our dream.

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