Round-Britain rowing couple from Wick now off Essex coast
Allan Lipp and Mhairi Ross are getting closer to the south coast of England, three weeks into their round-Britain rowing challenge – and their fundraising total has risen to well over £16,000.
On Friday afternoon the Wick couple were off the coast of Essex, between Harwich and Walton-on-the-Naze, in their seven-metre carbon-fibre vessel Boudicea.
Allan and Mhairi are aiming to become the first mixed pair to complete an unsupported circumnavigation of the British mainland by rowing boat.
Allan, the Wick RNLI lifeboat coxswain, and Mhairi, who works as a paramedic and is a lifeboat volunteer, expect to take about 60 days to complete The Long Row Home, covering around 2000 nautical miles.
They have set a target of £30,000, to be divided between the RNLI and Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance. The amount raised on their JustGiving page stood at £16,675 by Friday afternoon.
The pair began their adventure on June 1 when friends, family and supporters gathered to see them off from Wick harbour.
The round-Britain rowing bid meant the couple had to miss last weekend’s Wick RNLI Harbour Day, a major annual fundraising event for the local lifeboat team. It raised £14,000 for the second year in a row.
