Breaking News: Sunday 12 June: A message from Pete Rowlands: Our attempt to row around the UK has been brought to an abrupt end due to adverse weather conditions 0n the East coast, coupled with the fact that both our VHF communication systems had failed and our essential water maker had a serious leak, we were left with no other choice but to call the challenge off and head to Lowestoft for the boat to be recovered. Many thanks for all the message of support received. Wednesday 8 June: Despite the weather being against them Commando Joe have finally cleared the mouth of the Humber estuary.  Unfortunatley the weather for the next couple of days is still not going to be in their favour. After speaking to the team this morning, they are in good spirits and determined to get through the bad weather.  Monday 6 June: Commando-Joe are under way: At 06:40hrs this morning Commando-Joe started their around Great Britain Row. Sunday 5 June 2011 Start delayed due to bad weather. Sunday 5 June 2011 Commando-Joe get ready to start their epic row around Great Britain. On the turn of todays high tide Commando-Joe will start out from Scarborough Marina, in their atempt to row unsupported around Great Britain. COMMANDO JOE TEAM SET TO UNDERTAKE AN INDEPENDENT ROW OF THE UK. The Commando Joe Team were originally signed up to participate in the Virgin GB Row 2011 Race starting from Tower Bridge, London on 1 June 2011, however due to lack of participants the Anglo American Boat Race Company has cancelled the event. Not wanting to disappoint their charities, the Meningitis Trust and BLESMA, Porky, John, Dave and Pete have decided to undertake an independent row of the UK which will be verified by the Ocean Rowing Society. Due to the tide and unpredictable weather conditions the team as yet are unable to pin point their exact departure date and time but plans are now set for them to depart from Scarborough Marina during the best weather window of opportunity between Sunday 5 June and Wednesday 8 June.  WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Welcome Commando Joe will participate in the Virgin GB Row 2011 starting and finishing at Tower Bridge London. This ultra extreme rowing event will circumnavigate around the United Kingdom mainland. The race is unsupported with a prize fund which if won will be split between the charities. Billed by the organisers (Anglo American Boat Club Limited) as 'the most difficult rowing race in the world...the ultimate challenge'. Commando Joe believe this statement would attract some discussion from the extreme rowing community! The true challenge is against nature and the raw and sometimes brutal power of the elements...planning, preparation, determination, commitment and double shot of luck is required by all to be successful. Both ocean and coastal passages present obstacles to success and theses obstacles sit equally at the upper end of the difficulty spectrum, more thoughts...click here. Who are Commando Joe? Commando Joe were formed in 2003 to support the objectives of The Meningitis Trust, to date we have raised approximately £280,000.00 pounds for the Trust and have undertaken numerous extreme challenges.  Commando Joe will support both The Meningitis Trust and BLESMA charities whilst participating in the Virgin GB Row:

What's New? News/Events: 12 June 2011 Due to unforseen circumstances Commando-Joe have had to cancel there around GB Row. 8 June 2011 After 48hrs of rowing in some of the most atrocious weather Commando Joe have finally passed the mouth of the Humber. 6 June 2011 At 06:40hrs Commando-Joe rowed out of Scarborough Marine on the start of their around Great Britain attempt. 5 May 2011 Todays launch was cancelled due to bad weather out at sea. Todays the Day Commando-Joe will depart from Scarborough Marina on the start their unsupported around Great Britain Row, the team should be leaving on this afternoons High Tide. 31 May 2011 New Blog Page set up Follow all the latest and keep in touch with the team on the new Commando-Joe blog page. http://blog.commando-joe.com/ 23 May 2011 COMMANDO JOE TEAM SET TO UNDERTAKE AN INDEPENDENT ROW OF THE UK Due to the Anglo American Boat Club Round UK Race folding due to insufficient teams entering the event, the Commando Joe Team who have previously successfully raced to the Magnetic North Pole in 2005, rowed the North Atlantic Ocean in 2006 and ran the Gobi Desert Ultra Marathon in 2008 will now undertake an independent row of the UK in June 2011, Start a discussion or connect with the Meningitis Trust/BLESMA community.  Visit us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter or donate at Virgin Money: | |  |  | Press Releases Yorkshire Post Hull & East Riding STV News at Six See the news clip between 13:23 and 15:02 minutes. Perthshire Advertiser