Paul Attalla pulled out all the stops to keep us on the edge of our seats as he finished his epic voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in a stunning 76 days.
From Paul's website www.solotheatlantic.com:
Dear Supporters of Paul Attalla:
Paul Attalla arrived in English Harbour to the largest welcome received by a rower of the Atlantic Challenge Race 2007 on February 16, 2008.
As nightfall set in at the dock, Paul waited around to welcome in the Barbara Ivy women who arrived about 4 hours later. While waiting, Paul had his first real food—Antigua pizza and beer! Amazingly enough, he walked around for most of the time, as his slimmed down legs felt the ground looking for a balanced walking stride.
Feeling very refreshed the next morning, Paul went back to the harbour, cleared customs and immigration and passed Scrutineering by Woodvale. He has legitimately landed in Antigua and finished the race with no penalties. He says he had the best sleep of his life on a bed that didn’t rock, ate a huge breakfast which he didn’t have to boil in a bag, and had his father’s famous “Turkish coffee”
What’s Paul doing now? He's giving interviews over the phone. CBC Newsworld will be on live in a few minutes in Toronto.
With his father Moe, his older brother Peter, and friend Richard, the clean up of the “Spirit of Fernie” has begun. Under the baking Antigua sun, the four worked for most of the day on Sunday, pulling all the gear out of the boat along with plastic jugs of ballast water. The cleanup will continue for a couple of more days.
Paul would like to thank every one of you who have been following his progress as well as all of the encouraging and heartwarming messages on the Guest Book. It fueled him to row even harder and faster to complete the Woodvale Atlantic Challenge from La Gomera, Canary Islands to English Harbour, Antigua. As seen on the “trailer”,at the end of his video below on this page, more video images to come. Stay tuned.
Paul has some interesting stats to share which will be posted over the next few days. Some stats, you may already know, and some will be mind boggling.
Today’s Top Five Stat by Paul Attalla:
2 # of rogue waves that broke 2 oars
35 # of feet of largest wave
76 # of days rowed from San Sebastian, La Gomera to English Harbour, Antigua
210 # of freeze dried meals consumed
3,000 # of minutes used on the Satellite phone
Atlantic Solo Rowing Race: $200,000
Fund raising for Solo The Atlantic.
As of today, $130,000 have been raised towards the $200,000 goal. Fund raising for Solo the Atlantic will continue with contributions starting from $10.00 and upwards will be gratefully accepted. This race has been an inspiration for Paul Attalla. He calls it “life changing” and he will continue to share his experience with the readers
Become one of the donors to Solo The Atlantic, with your kind contributions to PayPal (go to www.solotheatlantic.com for paypal link)
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Paul Attalla
Box 1707
Fernie BC V0B 1M0
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