SEE THE TORPEDALO BOAT AT THE CYCLE SHOW
Cycle Show 2011 hosted a carbon fibre pedal-powered boat which has been designed and built from scratch by two engineers who will use it to pedal across the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for charity. In June 2013, engineers and 'transatlantic cyclists' Mark Byass and Mike Sayer will attempt to traverse 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, in a self designed and built pedal-boat dubbed 'Torpedalo'.
RECORD-BREAKING ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC
This state-of-the-art 8.3m long carbon fibre pedal-boat, the first of its kind, has been designed over the last two years and features advanced electronics and a cistom pedal-drive system. A two-man pedalo has only ever crossed the Atlantic once, in 1994, taking 111 days; Mark and Mike are aiming to complete the journey in just 40 days and would be the first to have done so in a self-built vessel. The boat is currently being built by lead sponsors Norco GRP in Poole and the Cycle Show was one of its first public appearances.
