It goes without saying that everyone taking part in the NOMAN Barcelona – Ibiza race will receive the full support
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at all times. Whilst we aim for both boats to complete the race without the need for outside assistance

sometimes there may be the need to receive help from us. We will be close by in a support yacht following the
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race and visiting both boats on many occasions throughout the event. The support yacht will also be used to

ensure that both boats comply with the race rules (no cheating) and to accompany the boats through busy
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shipping lanes.
Chris Martin is director of New Ocean Wave Ltd. He is also a world record setting

adventurer and ex-international rower. Between 1997 and 2002 he was a member of the
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Great Britain Rowing Squad, winning a medal at the World Championships each year. In
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2005 he rowed single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean completing the race in 68 days to
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become the 30th person to row the route solo. Three years later he teamed up with
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former Royal Marine Mick Dawson to become the first team to row across the North
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Pacific Ocean an epic challenge that took 189 days. Between his two ocean rows Chris
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co-founded of the Association of Ocean Rowers, rowed from London to Paris in a five man
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team, finished 2nd at the European surfboat championships, completed the Devises to
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Westminster canoe race and has helped provide both remote and hands-on assistance to
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many ocean rowers all over the world both before and during their voyages.
Jamie Marshall was born on a classic Dutch sailing Tjalk. He has spent all of his adult life
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on the water, teaching, racing or working on private yachts. He is a qualified RYA instructor
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and has accumulated many thousands of miles of sailing experience.
Justin Adkin has been a qualified boat builder and engineer since 1999. He worked for
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'Rowsell and Morrison', Exmouth, Devon (a modern day ocean rowing boat designer and
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builders) from the late 90's to 2003. Between 2003 and 2006 he built and fitted out eight
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ocean rowing boats under the name 'Rowsell & Adkin' including the world record holding
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four 'Queensgate' and the two other of the fastest ocean rowing fours ever to cross the
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Atlantic from East to West. In 2005/6 he rowed across the Atlantic as a four man crew in a
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boat he built and won the Atlantic Rowing Race. Justin has own workshop in Axminster,
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Devon, producing various rowing, motor and sailing boats and instructs part time at The
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Boat Building Academy, Lyme Regis, Dorset. Justin is a former member of the RNLI offshore
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lifeboat crew in Beer, Devon.
Ellie De Nardo set up the Behind Cancer Campaign in 2010 after her mother was
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diagnosed with anal cancer. At the time there were no UK resources dedicated to anal
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cancer patients which left the family feeling isolated and frustrated. The campaign was set
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up and it was through that she met Tristan. Since the HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation
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expanded to the UK, Ellie has joined them as their Finance and Communications
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Coordinator where she has been working hard to put the NOMAN is an Island Campaign
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together!
MEET THE SUPPORT CREW
