- Peter Bray
Peter Bray was, in 2001, the first person to cross the
Atlantic Ocean alone in akayak [http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/news/092001/07/kayak.shtml] [http://www.peterbrayenterprises.co.uk/profile/index.html] . He documented his expedition in the bookKayak Across the Altantic [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kayak-Across-Atlantic-Peter-Bray/dp/0954423348] in 2004.Bray is a
South Wales man born in 1957. He is an outdoor pursuits instructor fromPencoed College inBridgend .He set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a
kayak onJune 23 2001 , from Newfoundland, Canada. After a convert|3000|mi|adj=on 75-day journey, he arrived on the West Coast of Ireland on Wednesday,September 5 2001 . The former member of the British Army'sSpecial Air Service Boat Trooper was aiming to raise £100,000 for two children's hospices. Bray's first attempt to cross the Atlantic in a kayak ended in 2000 after he capsized and he spent more than 30 hours stranded in waters of the North Atlantic.Rob Feloy designed the special kayak which made the historic crossing.Bray also made a successful ncircumnavigation of
South Georgia island in 2005, and is reported to be planning a crossing of theBering Strait betweenAlaska andRussia .
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