ARKLOW TO ABERYSTWYTH AND ALMOST 90 MILES
Cardigan Rowing Club will this weekend embark on one of the most gruelling rowing races on the planet when they compete in the Celtic Challenge, the World’s longest true rowing race.
Teams of twelve from across Ireland and the UK will race from Arklow in County Wicklow, Ireland to Aberystwyth, a distance of almost 90 nautical miles with each team taking it in turns to row in fours plus a cox, spending the time in between on a support boat, in what is likely to be a race of around 24 hours duration, although in recent years, some teams have romped home in under 15 hours.
The first Celtic row across the Irish Sea took place in 1988 and took 22 hours to complete.
