The Challenge

On 12th December 2018 Lee will commence his challenge departing from Gibraltar and ending in French Guiana. Lee will be the world's first physically disabled person to row this route solo and unsupported from mainland Europe to mainland South America - setting a new Guinness World Record, proving there is life beyond injury. During this feat of extraordinary physical and mental endurance, Lee will battle 30 foot waves, sleep deprivation, extreme fatigue, fear and solitude. Lee will also attempt to beat the current able bodied record set by Stein Hoff in 2002. The first solo ocean rower to row across the Atlantic East to West from mainland Europe (Portugal) to mainland South America (Guyana) in a time of 96 days, 12hr and 45 minutes. The first record set for a physically disabled solo ocean rower was in 2004. Stuart Boreham left from the Canary Islands of La Gomera and 109 days, 12hr and 9 minutes later arrived in the Caribbean Island of Barbados.