London to Auckland - the Ultimate Ride by Personal Watercraft
Written by Jane Rickard    Thursday, 29 July 2010 16:46   
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In 2006 Jeremy Burfoot and Brad Burton went on a trip of a lifetime all in the name of charity, riding Seadoos 5,000kms right around New Zealand to support cancer awareness. In 2010 the London to Sydney to Auckland project ups the ante on the New Zealand trip with a total distance of about 31,000km, which is a world record by 12,000km. It should take around 4 months and you can visit their website to track their progress, find out how you can support the ride and even join them for parts and follow them via their blog. It all kicks off on 1st August. Check out THE ULTIMATE RIDE post in our forum to find out how you can help give them a good send off.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 July 2010 16:53 )
 

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+1 #1 bevbailey 2010-07-30 10:11
Ultimate Ride – PWC world record attempt - London to Sydney to Auckland - 1 August start
Ultimate Ride Team start the journey from London to Sydney on Sunday 1 August, leaving from Royal Victoria Docks Water Sports Centre, (access: Gate 5, Dock Road), London E16 1AF, UK. Arriving there 7.15 for 8am departure.

All welcome with or without your own PWCs, or meet up with them at about 10am at Southend Pier, Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea SS1 2 before they leave for first stop in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

TrakPlus system is up and running (www.london-sydney.com/tracking) so you can follow their progress as they take on 32,000km (almost 20,000 mile) journey to break current world distance record.

Team headed up by New Zealander, Jeremy Burfoot, who is taking on the challenge to raise awareness of early cancer detection and prevention.
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+1 #2 Baggers 2010-08-01 10:03
JS&PW went to see them off today - good luck boys - track them here - http://london-sydney.com/tracking.htm
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+1 #3 Steve Sobot 2010-08-07 10:01
On Monday morning they arrived in Nijmegen (Netherlands)an d we gave them a warm welcome with a fire-boat spraying a fountain on the Waal, followed by coffee and local cakes on the "Pannenkoekenboo t" (Pancake Boat). And an official welcome by an esteemed local councillor. And photos... with glamourous young ladies in orange dresses! I will post a link or two later.

Well done guys, we're all very impressed and wish you all well!
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+1 #4 Quicksilver 2010-08-20 16:24
Quoting Baggers:
JS&PW went to see them off today - good luck boys - track them here - http://london-sydney.com/tracking.htm

Myself and some other members of Southend jetski club met up with them in the Estray and skied with them for a few miles !
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+1 #5 Steve Sobot 2010-08-21 10:15
Here is a link to a couple of the Nijmegen photos on the Facebook site:
http://bit.ly/bgaH71
http://bit.ly/csClhi

...and some other photos of the event:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53197548@N03/?saved=1
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0 #6 bevbailey 2010-08-21 11:22
The Ultimate Ride team are heading off from Istanbul today...am about to load more photos onto http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectphotos/sets/ - there are pics there from the episode of the stolen skis in Bugaria as well.
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