A group of servicemen – two of whom lost limbs in Afghanistan – are taking on the world’s toughest rowing race.
The four-man team will spend 50 days travelling from the Canary Islands to Antigua, in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.
Captain Mark Jenkins, 34, from Brighton, will be joined by team leader Captain James Kayll and injured soldiers Trooper Cayle Royce and Corporal Scott Blaney to raise money for Help For Heroes.
Capt Jenkins, a physiotherapy officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps, said: “We’ve all served abroad in relatively hairy situations and have been through arduous circumstances and come away from it.
“My biggest worry is seasickness. I’ve never been seasick before at sea, but I’ve never been on a rowing boat in the middle of the ocean.
“It will very much be an environment I’m not used to but that’s what life’s about – relishing the challenges and pushing yourself.”
The team will travel to the Canary Islands on November 18 and cast off on December 2, hoping to arrive sometime in late January.
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