Andrew has a great team of skilled professionals helping him.
Each member of the ATLANTIC ROCKETMAN team is supporting Andrew from start to finish in order to take on this challenge.
Base Camp Food has the widest range of lightweight expedition meals in the UK.
Laura Gardener at Base Camp Foods provides excellent practical & nutritional of all the leading brands of freeze dried meals.
Danny Maines is the Founder and Managing Director of Autodan based in Bordon & producer for a number of primetime automotive TV shows.
Danny is a big support with his encyclopaedic knowledge of boats & helps in many ways including boat distribution.
Rowing Roy is a professional ocean rowing coach and founder of The Ocean Rowing Academy which strives to make ocean rowing safer, more high performing and accessible.
Duncan has rowed the mid-Pacific, the Atlantic twice and circumnavigated Great Britain alongside coaching the majority of the highest performing ocean rowing teams. He is the current holder of 2 Guinness World Records and 2 Concept2 indoor rowing world records.
Duncan will be providing advanced ocean rowing training to enable the Atlantic Rocketman to train safely, optimise his performance, build resilience and thrive out on the ocean.
Rannoch arguably build the world's finest ocean rowing boats.
Rannoch built the Atlantic Rocketman’s R25 SOLO rowing boat & are shipping the boat to the start and from the finish lines.
It is mandatory for all ocean rowers to be Royal Yachting Association certificated in VHF Radio, First Aid, Essential Navigation and Sea Survival.
‘Aurora Sea School’ provides RYA training courses, facilitated by the amazing Dawn Wood, who is an accredited trainer. She has not only crossed the Atlantic three times but also holds the World Record for the fastest female trio to row across the Mid- Pacific.
Andy Hodgson is a professional ocean rowing coach.
Andy is the first person to row solo around Great Britain in 2018 in 175 days. He has also rowed as a pair across the Atlantic in 2023 in 46 days.
Andy will be providing basic ocean rowing training to enable the Atlantic Rocketman to start training safely in the Solent & around the Isle of White.
Dr Beatriz Molina is a highly experienced cosmetic doctor, a fellow of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine & the founder / Medical Director of Medikas Ltd.
Beatriz originally worked at Frenchay Hospital in Bristol on a surgical rotation, was a GP for 10 years before setting up her first clinic in Somerset providing medically-backed cosmetic procedures.
Pre-race Beatrice will help advise on a range of medical problems such as salt sores, joint pain, skin infections, sea sickness & heartburn.
The Elton John AIDS Foundation are not only amazing at what they do but they are also the nicest people.
In particular thanks to Luke Lloyd Davis, Lucretia Gilbert, Cameron Gaynor & Emily Poznanski.
..and of course Mr David Furnish & the Rocketman himself Sir Elton John.
The Marine Superstore, based on Andrew's doorstep in Port Solent, are a leading yacht & boat chandlers with an unbeatable range of equipment, clothing & marine supplies at great prices.
Many thanks to the whole team including Jake, Tom and Sarah for their invaluable knowledge and support.
Illustrations
The original boat illustrations & visualisations were by the artist Christian Coop.
Objective Studios
Ali & Helen Pope are the masters of design & provide amazing creative agency support.
Fordesigns
The amazing team at Fordesigns, Sheona, John & Kyle design the graphics for the boat and translate this into the boat wrap.
The team at Haslar Marina, Ben, David, Jess, Paddy, John & Spencer have been fantastic. This local support has been greatly valued.
Many thanks to the legendary Terry Daniels and the team from RangeGlobal for the communication services whilst at sea.
Corin Vanterpool [aka Big C] is a legendary personal trainer from Anytime Fitness in Maidenhead.
He is a level 3 personal trainer, level 2 England boxing coach & also provides online fitness courses.
Corin is a trainer at the Lucky Gloves Boxing Club in Slough where the Atlantic Rocketman trains.
Corin is getting the Atlantic Rocketman super fit focusing on his core strength & endurance.
Many thanks to the legendary Jim MacDonald from Mactra Marine Equipment for all his knowledge and help with the water maker.