Pacific Ocean Row for Ocean Plastic Pollution

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Lead sponsor: https://www.eenergy.com/

THE CHALLENGE.

Rowing 45 days non-stop in the eEnergy boat, from California to Hawaii.

We start from the historic harbour of Monterey in California, following

the path of many adventurers and explorers of yesteryear, and row 2,800

miles to the finish line in Nawiliwili Bay on the stunning island of Kauai. A

hard-to-beat backdrop for what will be the most incredible, once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

Once we launch, we will row non-stop and unassisted for around 45 days:

4 hours on the oars and 2 hours off. We will sleep in cramped quarters,

cross two time zones, consume 850,000 calories, and experience all the

weather and waves the Pacific throws at us. We will also see 45 sunrises

and countless sea birds and spend a magical time with sea turtles,

dolphins, whales and sharks!

THE TEAM. Team HODL (Hold On for Dear Life)

Cutu Serruys

Luca Feser

Matt Siely

OUR CHARITY - The Ocean Cleanup

A global challenge and a global charity, tackling a global issue: Ocean

pollution.

As our challenge is global, we wanted to partner with a worldwide

charity with the same vision: to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. This

is a mission that everyone should be contributing toward; however,

we are aware that there are specific efficient methods of achieving

this. We believe The Ocean Cleanup is the most advanced

organisation in tackling this environmental challenge, and therefore,

the most impactful way for us to contribute to the mission is by

enhancing The Ocean Cleanup’s resources

ABOUT OUR LEAD SPONSOR.

eEnergy is on a mission to eliminate energy waste and make Net

Zero possible and profitable for all organisations.

With such a great mission, partnering with eEnergy was a great

match for us, and they continue to provide fantastic support by helping us with our branding and spreading the word through their

public relations team.

eEnergy’s clients achieve Net Zero with no upfront cost. Yes, really.

They are helping everyone from the NHS to local schools and shops

in the high street reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.

Last year eEnergy’s activities saved one hundred and twenty-eight thousand tonnes of carbon, the equivalent of six million trees!

OUR OBJECTIVES

If rowing 2,800 miles across the Pacific Ocean wasn’t enough

we’ve set ourselves 4 key objectives that everyone can be involved

with.

1) Raise the bar

We aim to beat the current world record, setting a new time,

inspiring others to challenge.

2) Raise awareness

We want people to join us as we row through the garbage patch, as

we will document the challenge with live updates on Instagram, and

Facebook for everyone to see.

3) Raise understanding

We are offering our vessel to collect valuable data to aid the Ocean

Cleanup. Taking water samples and recording sightings of ocean

plastic and its location.

4) Raise money

By doing all of this we want to raise money for The Ocean Cleanup.

With over 5 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans, it's the largest

clean up in history!