• Each team will row in excess of 1.5 million oar strokes over a race.

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• Rowers will row for 2 hours, and sleep for 2 hours, constantly, 24 hours a day.

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• More people have climbed Everest than rowed an ocean.

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• Close to $7million has been raised for charities worldwide over the past 4 races.

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• At its deepest, the Atlantic Ocean is 8.5km/5.28 miles deep.

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• The waves the rowers will experience can measure up to 20ft high.

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• Each rower is expected to use 800 sheets of toilet paper during their crossing.

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• Each rower needs to aim to consume 10  litres  of water per day.

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• Rowers burn in excess of 5,000 calories per day.

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• There is no toilet on board – rowers use a bucket!

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•  Each rower loses on average 25 pounds