It has been called the world toughest rowing race, upto 100 days in a small boat with no outside assistance. The race will take in the 2904 miles from St Sebastian de la Gomera, Canary Islands to Antigua, West Indies.

The event is for classes of boat raced on equal terms, singles, double and fours.

The Atlantic 4 will be rowing against at least three other fours and will hope to complete the crossing in under the present record time of 36 days 59 min 30sec. The record was set by the previous owners of the Atlantic 4 Boat, the crew ‘Queensgate’ in 2004.