THE ARMY'S CHALLENGER yacht has returned safely to the UK after 12 months at sea circumnavigating the globe on the tri-Service Exercise TRANSGLOBE.
The 34,000 mile journey, broken into 13 legs crewed by different Army regiments, took them through some of the most inhospitable waters on the planet.
In the Southern Ocean west of Cape Horn, CHALLENGER was knocked down four times in storms. At the time it was being sailed by Infantry soldiers from 2RRF at the time, most of whom had never taken on such a sailing challenge before let alone experienced such a storm. Such was the strength of the storm it took two full search operations from Chile to find the structurally damaged yacht, which was diverted to the Falklands for repairs before rejoining the challenge for the next leg.
The exercise was then again interrupted by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. The crew which was set to sail CHALLENGER on the tenth leg during Antigua Race Week couldn't leave the UK! The next leg, Antigua to Charleston, was allocated to Defence Medical Services who, supported by Battle Back and Help For Heroes, took four servicemen injured on operations on each of the three yachts taking part.
None of the yachts are adapted for injured soldiers, something that Fusilier Andy Barlow of 2RRF who crewed on the last leg of the challenge from Boston to Gosport said caused no problems for wounded soldiers.
"I took part to prove that disabled soldiers can still sail and take part in adventurous training" said Andy, who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan on Operation HERRICK in 2006. "It's hard work -- people don't realise how much hard work sailing is, but it's something I can do. I've only been sailing since I was injured. I can't play football or rugby any more so I took up sailing and skiing."
All three yachts docked in Gosport on 1 July.
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