Footage of the crossing

I have put together some clips from the camera we had on board:

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If the A-Team made a pedalo…

There have been some further modifications made to the mighty Pink Avenger. It is now looking pretty seafaring.

Hand grips

Dashboard of compass, radio speaker and satnav

Spanner holster

Pedalo splash guards

Training video of the pedalo in action

Check out a video of the mighty Pink Avenger in action during a recent training run:

Training run on the river

We went out for a training pedal last night on the river Stour. The pedalo is running well! We were overtaking ducks without too much difficulty! Perhaps a little different to the open sea but encouraging nonetheless. Here are some photos which show the machine in more detail.

Rupert

You can see where some of our fans have kindly paid to write messages of encouragement.

Nigel admiring his handiwork.

Close up of the paddle, gearing and steering systems

Yes that is my knee and not a stand-in knee model from Rio.

Pedalo coming together

Here are some pictures of the pedalo as it slowly is being transformed. Nigel and Alastair are inspecting the cogs positioning.

First water launch to be done this week!

The boat arrives in Suffolk

We have picked up the catamaran from Robert White in Brightlingsea, courtesy of Topper boats. It looks fantastic! Now we need to get building!

We have a boat!

We are enormously grateful to Martin Fry and Robert White from Topper for giving us a Topaz 16.

The Topaz 16 in action. Just imagine it with pedals!

We have a base to our Pedalo!! We are hugely grateful to Topper Sailboats for their very kind donation of a Topaz 16 which we will be picking up from Brightlingsea on 14th December. Particular thanks go to Martin Fry and Robert White for all their help and generosity. From Brightlingsea, we’ll bring it home to Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk, where it will be transfomed into the Pink Avenger. Photos of the move and developments to follow. We can’t thank the team at Topper enough for their kindness which has given us a huge boost.  Check out http://www.toppersailboats.com/16cx.aspx for more info.