Border Rowers
The Last Voyage of the Essex

Border Rowers, our next challenge is recreating last voyage of the Essex, a whaling boat our of Massachusetts made famous by Herman Melville and his tale of Moby Dick

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Our Challenge will begin on November 8, 2025 at Noon Boston time and will go 99 days to Sunday February 15th, at Noon.  Rowers will be asked to row roughly 5,500 meters per day in teams of up to 6.  You can have teams that are smaller, but it will mean a lot more meters

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The cost will be $65 for US Citizens and $75 for international as you will be awarded  a medal at the end that need to be mailed.  As a side 

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I will be providing bi-weekly updates and insights into the voyage...usually on Monday.  WhIle I encourage you to row as hard as you can, this is a challenge not a race, though we do give those exceptional rowers some attention. 

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You can use any rowing machine or meters obtained from rowing on the water.  If you don't have a rowing machine and only have a spin bike, you can still join, but your meters count for half.  (spinning is faster)

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If you don't have a team, I can assign you onto a team.

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Bonus, if you finish early, there will be an opportunity not to just row to Henderson Island, but instead pick one of the lifeboats follow up journey's.  If you accept this second challenge, you will get a special medal...this is only for the elite teams.

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Best of luck!