Ian Davies, 63, has already completed the gruelling challenge as part of a four-man team in December 2019.
Ian Davies will be racing his daughter, Dani Jones, across the Atlantic. He holds the two team names and logos for the challenge.Ian Davies, 63, has already completed the gruelling challengeNow he plans to do it again later this year as part of a two-man team with fellow rower Jim Ronaldson, from Oxford.
They will also be pitting their strength against Ian's daughter, Danielle, aged 35, and her husband, Mark Jones, who live in France.If Ian and Jim manage to complete the challenge they will become the ones of the oldest combined age to do so, while his daughter and son-in-law aim to become one of the fastest married couples to complete the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
Ian said the latest challenge will see him setting off on December 12 this year with Jim Ronaldson as Team Never 2 Late."The last challenge took 50 days and 19 minutes but then there was a group of four of us"We will be racing against my daughter, Danielle, who came to see us finish in 2020 and has been inspired to do the challenge.
Ian Davies with his grandaughter, Ellie and daughter, Dani, after completing his last Atlanctic challenge three years ago"We will be rowing from La Gomera in the Canary Islands across the Atlantic to Antigua.While rowing the Atlantic, the two teams will be raising funds and awareness for Myeloma UK a bone marrow cancer charity; Papyrus, the prevention of young suicide charity and Access Sport - community sport for all.
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