On 6th June 2014, Jack Carter, Nick Kempster, Chris Blacketer, and Mark Gleeson, the 2014 NOMEN, will test the 

 

limits of their endurance and face a challenge never before completed by a four-man crew: to row New

 

Ocean Wave's Great Pacific Race from Monterey Bay, California to Honolulu, Hawaii.

 

 

It is the first ocean rowing event ever held on the Pacific. The route extends over 2,100 nautical miles and it is 

 

estimated that a fast four-man crew could complete the distance in around 30 days. No four-man crew and boat 

 

has ever done this; it is a world record waiting to be taken.

 

 

Life on board will be challenging in itself. Little protection exists from extreme weather and 30 foot Pacific swells.​

 

For weeks, the NOMEN will suffer from salt sores, cramped conditions, and limited washing and cooking

 

facilities, and the four will share sleeping space the size of a single bed... It is an extreme test of the NOMEN's 

 

psychological and physical capabilities.

 

 

Over the next 8 months the NOMEN will aim to break not one, but four world records, while simultaneously

 

raising funds and awareness to further the monumental goal of eliminating the causal agent of 5% of all

 

cancers, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV).