“I was looking up at Jesus through my feet,” said Jamie ‘Quote of the Day’ Fitzgerald, “I was looking skyward past my feet. It felt like the boat was vertical before we surfed down the front of the wave.” The Holiday Shoppe Challenge (www.holidayshoppe.co.nz/tranzatlantic) boat is riding the waves of the Atlantic like a surf board.

“That one particular wave was as close as we’ve come to what felt like a potential capsize or pitch pole,” said Kevin Biggar on his Tech Rentals phone, “We were both rowing together at the time, trying to extract as much speed out of the boat as possible, when a series of good sized waves seemed to cross over and double up right where we were positioned. There was white water everywhere. It was fantastic, if a little unnerving.”

Rob Hamill
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