We checked in with the team this afternoon. This is the latest update from Team Gallagher's leader Nigel Cherrie:
“We're tired, still adjusting to the schedule but everyone's happy. We rowed three-up all night, 1.5 hours on, 1 hour off. We're trying to get as far East as we can so we're going along hard. It's very hot and we're trying to drink to as much water as we can to stay hydrated. We have some nice blisters already because the oar handles are new and I have a few problems with shoes but fixing those now. We should have good conditions for the rest of today but we're expecting bad weather tonight, so from early tomorrow morning we'll be using the sea anchor and will have to sit it out. Have already seen some dolphins and a couple of ships!”
Blog: November 28, 2011 (day 2)
I just think it is amazing what your doing and hope you get through the bad weather ok :)
Myslim na vas stale chlapci, noc bola tazka, ale postupujte fantasticky!! Kazde rano je predsa novy den a pre vas plus!!!vydrzte, Martinko, vela sil a optimizmus Ti prajem:-))
Hey guys great to c u r well underway....Kara & Simon saw you row thru the heads on Sunday. How's that food going? R u dreaming of steak & roast dinners yet? BTW the most dangerous thing I did in Queenstown was. The luge...haha!!! I read I your blog that they want to c u nude rowing... Better do that b4 u all get skinny!!!!!! Gr8 tv3 coverage. Got a copy of your Mum's new book...big feature in Whitcouls in Queenstown. It looks amazing..so will be staring it tonight. One last thing .....where's the air key for the garage and the spare fob??? We will enjoy the beverages U left us Andrew!!! it's very very quiet here Lance misses u all along with us Stephxxx
Have fun in the big swells guys. You shold have mounted a sweep oar rowlock on the back and you could have surfed them.
p.s don't let Axe eat all the food before you get back
Wicked effort guys, keep it up !! Bunk it up on the bad weather sure you'll do fine !
And now to the first of many jokes to keep you going -
Late one foggy night two boaters collide head on while trying to navigate a narrow inlet channel. Both their boats were damaged, disabled and slowly sinking.
As they each watched their boats slowly slip away beneath them, the first boater said " You know, this is a sign that we should never take life for granted and that we should live it to the fullest".
"You are right," said the other boater as he opened a cooler and pulled out a bottle of bourbon whisky. Let's drink to living well for the rest of our lives.
The first boater took the bottle and, after a big swig, handed it back to the other boater who in turn quickly threw it into the river.
More than a little surprised the first boater exclaimed " You didn't take a drink!?"
"Naw", said the other boater "I think I'll just wait for the Coast Guard to show up."