June 2, 2009 update

The team left the Isle of Capri and headed for Rome Sunday morning (May 31, 2009.)  At first it seemed to become a record speed part of the journey, thanks to a strong south wind in our backs. However, by evening the Italian weather Gods had enough of it and turned against us.

Today the bikers reached Nettuno after 3 rough days. Nettuno is about 60 km south of Rome. The team was really tested by the elements (wind speed 8, meters high waves, lightning and heavy rain.) And they are experiencing big problems with their electricity supply. With only 8% energy left in their battery it would be irresponsible to keep going through the night. Next to that, their Active Radar Reflector broke down. Without the Active Radar Reflector the ferries and big container ships cannot see the BTO Challenger on their radar, which let to a few critical moments already.

We hope to have both problems taken care of by Wednesday June 3rd, so we can continue biking towards Rome.

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Water cycling from Athens to Amsterdam

Sunday, May 3 2009 Alex Mutsaars, Matthijs Houben and Mark de Vries will start their over 4500 km long journey with their waterbike from the Olympic city of Piraeus (Athens) back home to Amsterdam. 2500km of this journey will be over open sea water. A huge challenge, fully on " human power"  With this challenge they support Villa Pardoes, a holiday for families with a child with a serious, sometimes life-threatening disease.

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How can you help?

You can support Villa Pardoes, and you don't have to bike the sea yourself ;) Support by the cyclists by donating 'cycled' miles, then they also have a reason to keep on going on the water! For instance:

€0,001 per km X 4500= € 4,50
€0,002 per km X 4500= € 9,-
€1 per km X 4500 = € 4500,- :-)

Donate the amount that you wish to contribute on acountnumber 51.01.82.453

For outside the Netherlands: IBAN Number: NL10ABNA0510182453, BIC Number: ABNANL2A
On behalf of: Foundation Biking the Ocean te Tilburg.

On behalf of the cyclist and the little patients, thanks!

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