The biggest change to London-Sydney 2008 is that it’s now London-Sydney 2009. We have decided to give ourselves more time to prepare for this huge logistical exercise by changing the departure date to the Northern Hemisphere’s longest day 22nd June 2009. Although we are still looking for a major sponsor we are now offering smaller part sponsorships called Gold, Silver and Bronze. We are also looking for contra deals on airfares, fuel and accomodation and are still working on the PWC provider. We will have two riders and 3 PWCs. One PWC will be a spare which will also be available for celebrity or sponsor riders. It has been suggested that we engage the services if possible of an A-List sports or acting star (probably a cancer survivor ) to help with publicity.
We expect to have a World wide press release in the next month formally announcing the event.
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Regards
Jeremy Burfoot
7 responses so far ↓
1 butch // Apr 20, 2008 at 10:04 am
awesome…
good luck fellas
we’re with u all the way
2 Jeremy Burfoot // Apr 28, 2008 at 7:59 am
You are with us Butch. You’re down to ride!!…just kidding.
3 Alex B // May 21, 2008 at 5:10 pm
It takes a lot of strength to to what you intend to do , guys. I contemplate a trip like yours along the West Coast of the U.S. and I am trying to find out more out of your experience. But as my mind wanders and having a limited experience as a rider on a PWC and their performances but just enough technical knowledge to tell the difference between good and outstanding, I ask myself if you take the right approach. After all the water crafts that you are taking about are nothing more than stock vehicles. Your calling I believe is higher than demonstrate the superiority of one manufacturer over another which technically speaking is insignificant when you have in mind a different purpose than entertaining the kids around the wharf on a Sunday afternoon. These vehicles rest assured do not allow a lot of upgrades in terms of power or autonomy making just limited modifications to their standard equipment. At this time it is unclear to me as well, whether you plan on having all the trip legs on the the water or skip some portions in between do to feasibility issues.
But when I look toward the New Zealand’s experience on the water I see tremendous inspiration which I am sure will serve you as well. After all, bringing something of this magnitude to life is beyond a brand representation or corporate loyalty. Pushing the limits does not mean to limit yourselves with just what you find in the dealer showroom.
4 Jeremy Burfoot // May 21, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Yes we will modify stock standard machines but the engines and hull will be unchanged. When the PWC provider is decided on we will publish the full specs on the machines and the changes we will make.We will not skip any portions of the route. We aim to ride the whole way. Thanks for you support.
5 Mark Petersen // May 29, 2008 at 10:56 pm
How far can you travel will all your tanks added together (per ski) and how many litres is that, all the best
6 Jeremy Burfoot // May 30, 2008 at 12:18 pm
We hope to carry 200 liters of fuel which is good for about 500km in good conditions at fuel saving speed(Around 50kph)
7 Ken White // Aug 13, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Jeremy,
Amazing adventure and endurance test, I wish we met when we were in Australia doing a Melanoma fund raiser project sking on all seven continents with my ten year old daughter.
Check it out at mountainsformelanoma.com
I could help with air fare using companion tickets on United airlines as i work for them. Let me know if i can help and we can link up the web sites. Best of luck, Ken White
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