Spindrift Rowing Information

Function over form matters to us at Spindrift, and weve built our cabins to stay within the 3% bend specifications of all major manufacturers of flexible solar panels. As the Race Organiser of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, we place safety on the top of our priority list. To do this we put in place many rules and regulations to keep both crew and associated safety staff in the safest regard possible. This is no small task and without conscientious, highly qualified and top grade boat builders it would be impossible. Spindrift Rowing provided their first boat into our 2015 race, and it was clear for all to see the process and the detail that has gone into the build, the fit out and also the extra training of the team. We found all equipment to be at or beyond standards, the build of high quality and the finish to be exact. We will be looking forward to having more Spindrift boats in our fleet over coming years! When we got to the Canary Islands 2 weeks before starting the Atlantic Crossing, myself and Caitlin believed we had the best boat of the fleet. We didn't get the opportunity to row it much before getting to the Canaries, but while logging hours in La Gomera we realized we had a tremendous boat. We got used to the foot steering really quickly and it was not difficult to do during the race. We had all the other competitors come up to the boat sort of in awe because of the different design. While on the Atlantic the boat handled the waves wonderfully. We felt stable even though we dealt with high waves at time. Before the race we mentally prepared ourselves to capsize, we figured it would probably happen and just thought it would. Well our spindrift boat did not, not even when we had to hunker down in the cabin for three days as we were south of Hurricane Alex. Not once did I feel like we were going to capsize as I was surprised. Sitting in the cabin during the three days with the sea anchor out I thought this is the moment. Nope. Spindrift's boat was absolutely solid. We got battered around,yeah, ...