The World’s Toughest Row
An extreme endurance race where Liz will test herself against Mother Nature and compete to row thousands of kilometres across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Liz Wardley
Liz always has an adventure on the go, it’s just the scale of them that varies.
In 2020 she saw the fleet of the race arrive in Antigua and the cogs started turning.
Having spent most of her professional career preparing and racing on other peoples’ ocean racing yachts, it was a surprisingly daunting task to take on her own little rowboat challenge.
Normally a bit of an adrenaline junky, racing fast yachts across oceans, foiling wind sports in her spare time and always on the move – its been remarked that this may be the slowest paced things she has ever done.
Her boat is affectionately called ‘Tic Tac’ as it looks like a half eaten tic tac and she’s completed the first of her challenges having rowed the Atlantic solo in 44 days - beating the female solo race record that was 59 days.
Up next is the Pacific Challenge which has to completed as a team - 2 or more.
The premier ocean rowing event - COMPLETED
The WORLD’S TOUGHEST ROW – ATLANTIC
Finishing the race in 44 days, 4 hours and 47 minutes Liz completed a challenge that took her more than 3000 Miles (4800 km) west from San Sebastian in La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain (28oN 18oW) to Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua & Barbuda (17oN 61oW).
Liz broke the current race record for a female solo by an incredible 15 days. She was also more than 24 hours faster than the female pairs World Record.
“Well, first of all thank you everybody - this has been incredible. So I have raced around the world three times and I can tell you, I have never had to dig so deep. This is something very special, something very different.”