Capetonian Zirk Botha – a former naval combat officer and adventure racer – is preparing final arrangements to depart from Cape Town on a 7 000 km-long solo rowing trip on his boat Ratel across the Atlantic ocean, to Rio de Janeiro.
Sponsored by the company he works for – juwi Renewable Energies – Botha plans to depart from Granger Bay at on December 1, following which he will row for about 100 days unassisted. His boat’s electrical equipment will run solely from solar panels and batteries.
