World's Toughest Row Talk

Winter Talk Series: World's Toughest Row - Friday 27th February

About the talk:

What is it like to row across an ocean? How do you prepare? How much sleep do you get? What do you eat? How do you go to the toilet!?

Local veteran sailors Jon Wilburn and Steve Potter will come and share the answers, and much more, a year on from their epic Atlantic crossing in a small rowing boat.

Event Information:

The menu for the evening can be found by clicking here.

Tickets can be purchased via EliteLive. Tickets are £20. If you would like the Vegetarian Option, please call the office to book and pay the lower price of £17.

If you wish to be part of a table, please include your table host upon booking.

What is World's Toughest Row?

The World’s Toughest Row is widely regarded as the ultimate ocean rowing challenge - a grueling test of human endurance, teamwork, and resilience. It’s an unsupported ocean rowing race where competitors must row thousands of miles across open ocean, carrying all their own food, water, and equipment with no external assistance.

The most iconic course crosses the Atlantic Ocean, covering around 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from San Sebastián de La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua & Barbuda. Teams of one to four rowers battle relentless waves, sleep deprivation, extreme weather, and physical exhaustion for 30–70+ days to complete the crossing.