Local LifeTuesday, November 10
Two Kentucky veterans, including an Elizabethtown man, are training to row across the Atlantic
The Daily Elizabethtown team
Mike Meador of Elizabethtown and Derrek Root of Cynthiana have been named to the 2027 Atlantic campaign crew for Courser Racing, a veteran-founded nonprofit. They'll row the World's Toughest Row, an unsupported ocean race from La Gomera, Spain, to Antigua.
The row is 3,000 miles, unsupported and expected to take over 55 days
- 3,000 miles
- unsupported, from Spain to Antigua
- 55 days
- or more expected at sea
- 5
- rowers on the crew
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Meador, a U.S. Army Aviation veteran, will be the team's lead navigator. Root, an Army infantry veteran, is the equipment specialist. They're taking the racing boat to different states to raise money for entry fees, shipping, travel, safety certifications, food and satellite communications.
The crew is raising $137,423 for the row, plus $50,000 more for families
Source: pmg-ky1.com
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Campaign goal | $137.4K |
| Family travel goal | $50,000 |
- Crew: Meador, Root, Dwight Arceneaux, Chris Farrington and Jere Hartman
- Shifts: continuous two-hour rows, around the clock
- Extra goal: $50,000 for crew families' travel to the Antigua finish
- Courser says: 100% of funds go to veteran programs, campaign costs
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Sources: pmg-ky1.com, The News-Enterprise