Kayakers break round Ireland Record

Jeff Allen and Harry Whelan have broken the record for paddling around the coast of Ireland.

Jeff who is from, Falmouth in Cornwall, and Harry, who lives in London, completed their epic paddle when they arrived in Ardmore, West Waterford, at around 16.00hrs on 16th May 2011.

Their 1000-mile circumnavigation took 25 days to complete, which saw them having to battle through bad weather and massive Atlantic swells. They managed to knock 8 days off the current record which previously stood at 33 days.

They undertook their mammoth paddling trip to raise funds for Ovarian Cancer Action. In an interview with BBC Radio Cornwall, Jeff Allen said that they had had "no sleep at all" over the last three days and that they were both "exhausted". He also said, "We spent the last three days trying to catch up on miles that we'd lost because of bad weather."

Jeff has conducted previous expeditions paddling around the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean
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Source BBC News website [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-13421468]

See also:

roundireland2011.blogspot.com.

 http://www.canoekayak.com/touring-kayak/record-breaker-25-days-round-ireland/