CREW WANTED:
5 ROWERS, 6 PILOTS.
ROWER’S FEE: £11,500
PILOT’S FEE: £10,000
- Full intensive training and support from the best in multihull ocean rowing aboard Bullet, the fastest ocean rowing trimaran designed and built by the best in the business, Roy Finlay and Kurt Hughes.
- Our boats do not capsize and are as unsinkable as unsinkable gets.
- Superior in safety and speed to monohulls.
- 5 rowing places remain. Don’t miss this boat!
Want to know more?
This is your chance to join an elite crew on an unforgettable journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
Ocean rowing is prohibitively expensive. To combat this, we introduced the now termed “pay per place” model in the mid-90s. Crew fee was £5,000. With inflation. £5,000 in 1997 is equal to £11,630 today.
The projected length is 28 days or less at an average speed of 4 knots.
This expedition includes comprehensive training and full support from leading experts in multihull ocean rowing. Training will be of a standard, which will go beyond “competent crew”. Each individual will be trained in navigation, boat handling, survival at sea, first aid, maintenance, communication, correct use of safety equipment and associated protocol. In other words training will be of a standard which will allow each crew member to safely take charge of the vessel in all respects.
Pre and post expedition events with exclusive edited film, social media opportunities, sponsorship contracts with O.R.C.A assistance. Three decades of successful fundraising experience on your side.
Think Ryanair 10kg. We will advise specifically after selection. Bare essentials. Drugs and alcohol strictly prohibited.
You can purchase your own food at a discounted rate from our sponsors and deduct £500 from your fee.
Gender, colour, religion is unimportant. The simple answer is we have a criteria to meet, you will be selected on merit. Whilst all crew will be physically fit a high emphasis will be applied to mental strength during training.
The Atlantic is possibly the biggest bathroom in the world. It doesn’t care, as long as its not oil or plastic. “Bucket and chuck it” is the preferred method.
Our course may change in accordance with weather patterns, we may have to wait in port for weather, we may be delayed at sea for other reasons. The best compromise of placing the world record as paramount and preventing financial loss for supporters by being in the wrong place, is to inform of the arrival point as the boat reaches midway.
Because ocean rowing will inflict pain, misery, fear, blisters, sea sickness, upside down emotions and the list goes on. Your humour and the crew’s will help in overcoming the negatives, allowing you to enjoy the positivity of remembering why you’re crossing the Atlantic. Either you remain focused on being the best in the world or you don’t. “State of mind” is extremely important.
We know why…Whilst personal accomplishment is a big part of it, you really want to subtly hang it on your bathroom wall and invite friends for dinner. Or is it about the journey?
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O.R.C.A CREW APPLICATION FORM
O.R.C.A ANNUAL DINNER
All Bullet crew will be present at our formal dinner.
Overnight Stay
Partner (or friends) welcome with advance notice.
Bullet Crew Meeting
During the day of arrival, while Bullet crew meet, guests will have the opportunity of joining a shoot near the castle
The annual O.R.C.A members meeting and dinner will be held at the same venue in coming years.
The Castle was chosen primarily for its beauty, outstanding seafood and O.R.C.A founder’s personal and family history, which intertwine with the luxury estate. Built in 1837, the castle is a stunning example of scottish baronial architecture, surrounded by 60 acres of spectacular woodland and gardens, on the shores of Loch Fyne. Coincidentally, our founder’s first Atlantic crossing under sail was aboard the 27 foot Gaff Ketch Abherlain (13 feet shorter than Bullet), built in 1930 at Dickes boatyard in Tarbert.
