The next unique Challenge for Oarsmen

Jock Wishart and Malcolm Knight led a team of rowers who successfully broke the record for rowing from Westminster Bridge to the Eiffel Tower. This was the inspiration behind the London 2 Paris Rowing Challenge.

Jock Wishart

Jock Wishart

Malcolm Knight

Malcolm Knight

You need courage to survive the sea.

To row from London to Paris across the English Channel you need even more.

Stamina, determination and team work;

These are just three of the qualities you will need to race, and to win.

In this gruelling challenge you will row down the Thames from Westminster Bridge (Big Ben) in London, across the Channel and up the Seine to Pont D’Lena (Eiffel Tower). A distance of 417 nautical miles.

Do you have what it takes to test your endurance to the limit?

The Challenges

small boat on water

  • Weather
  • Speed of travel
  • Distance
  • Fatigue
  • Crossing The English Channel
  • Unique Rowing Experience
  • Rowers versus The Elements


Why?

  • Wally Herbert, the first man to walk across the Artic Ocean, said,
    "Those who need to ask, will never understand the answer, while others who feel the answer will never need to ask"
  • Never been run as a race before.
  • Unique – Nothing else like it.
  • Challenge of racing.
  • Raising money for charity.

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