Summary
Paddling from Stornoway to the Faroe Islands was fraught with danger for two men who completed the 410km trip this summer. But, finds Roger Cox, the most difficult part of all was figuring out how to sleep in their kayaks
JUST after midnight on 3 July, kayakers Patrick Winterton and Mick Berwick were entering the final stages of an epic 95-hour, 410km paddle from Stornoway to the Faroe Islands when they realised they had strayed into the path of a trawler. "It was one of these pair trawlers," says Winterton. "They operate in twos and they have a mile of net between them, so they don't travel in the direction they're pointing.See the full content of this document
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The Incredible Journey
"We kept trying to paddle out of the way, but it was still coming at us. I remember thinking: "Christ, we've got this far and now we're going to end up caught in this guy's net."
Fortunately, after an anxious few minutes, Winterton and Berwick managed to raise the boat's skipper on their VHF radio. "We called him up and said: 'Hi, this is just to let you know we're in front of you',...See the full content of this document
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