FOUR DADS
5,000 KILOMETRES
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC*

With a combined ten kids, we’ve been training for this our whole lives

Coming to a shore near you - December 2024

* in a row boat!!

EVERYDAY DADS
EPIC CHALLENGE

In December 2024, four everyday dads, currently unencumbered by any meaningful seafaring experience, will attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a rowing boat as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.

Like many other dads they have served their time performing simple but noble tasks of fatherhood such as removing spiders from rooms, relearning junior cert Maths and doing late night taxi runs.

Now, they plan to row almost 5,000 kilometres west from the Canary Islands to Antigua & Barbuda to raise funds for charities that benefit young people in Ireland.

MORE CHALLENGING THAN THE SCHOOL RUN (SLIGHTLY)

SELF FUNDED SO 100% OF ALL FUNDS RAISED GO TO CHARITY

DECEMBER 2024

FAQ’s 

Rowing across the Atlantic seemed like a good idea to these four dads in the throes of a midlife crisis when the idea was first mooted four bottles of wine deep into a delightful dinner-party with their wives. But now that reality has sunk in, Team Power of 10 ask Atlantic Campaigns, ‘what have we gotten ourselves into?’


  • AC: Eh, no. The record for a four man team is 29 days and change, you should assume you are not that team. See you in about six weeks.

  • AC: If by ‘comfy’ you mean rowing, eating, sleeping and “bucket-toileting” in a wet, constantly moving space smaller than a transit van with three other men then, yes, it’s comfy.

  • AC: Support boat? You’ll be completely on your own out there. A successful crossing means you will be with your boat at all times. You will carry all your equipment, supplies and about one-million freeze-dried calories in food that you’ll need to fuel your voyage. To keep the boat moving in the right direction you’ll row around the clock in two hour shifts while coping with sleep deprivation, salt sores, blisters and a host of other issues.

  • AC: You’ll each need to learn to become highly efficient rowers and clock up at least 120 hours of ocean rowing experience even before the race. While you’re at it, don’t forget to also learn trans-Atlantic ocean navigation, equipment maintenance, freshwater production, marine safety protocols and advanced conflict resolution in a confined space techniques.

  • AC: Well, you’re doing it because it will be tough. You’re doing it because when you and your team mates finally set foot on Antiqua you’ll do so as one of the very few to have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean: a feat completed by fewer people than have ever climbed Mount Everest. You’re doing it because, amid the hardship, you will experience moments of sublime beauty in the form of stunning sunrises, dazzling star-lit night skies and perhaps the company of a whale or two along the way. You’re doing it because, after years of performing the simple but noble tasks of fatherhood, your endeavours will (perhaps begrudgingly) inspire your own ten children to believe they too can accomplish great things. You’re doing it because your journey will raise funds to make a real difference to improve the cardiac and mental health of young people in Ireland. Finally, you’re doing it because you drank way too much wine at that dinner party.