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" Two engineers from Bentley, Mark Byass and Mike Sayer, will set of in an attempt to cross the Atlantic in a pedal-powered boat they call a Torpedalo. Byass and Sayer are undertaking their journey in December 2011 as part of a fund raising project for two charities, Make-A-Wish and Motor Neurone Disease Foundation, for which they hope to raise approximately $400,000. Their 29.5-foot long carbon fiber boat will be part of a fleet competing in the Woodvale Challenge Atlantic Rowing Race, but instead of rowing their vessel across the ocean from the Canary Islands to Antiqua, their craft is pedal powered. Only one other pedal-powered boat has made the crossing in 1994 and it took 111 days. The Bentley engineers hope to complete the trip in just 40 days. They hope to have the first open water tests of the boat as early as next June. Check out their website at www.Torpedalo.com, especially the facts-and-figures page where they estimate the amount of food and water they will consume as well as the amount that may come up due to seasickness.     Related posts:  Bentley&amp;#039;s New 12 Any Color Bentley You Like All Change at Bentley  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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