Paddleboarder embarks on epic nine-hour spherical journey to offshore wind farm that is 10 miles off Sussex coast (however needs he’d utilized extra solar cream earlier than leaving)
- Jude Somers made unbelievable 20-mile journey from Worthing to the Sussex coast
- His arms had been ‘left burning’ following the nine-hour journey on Monday July 11
- He filmed the arduous journey to the 72 sq km windfarm in a three-part collection
- The paddleboarder solely took three necessities with him through the nine-hour journey
A paddleboarder who made an epic nine-hour spherical journey to go to the Rampion offshore wind farm got down to sea with simply solar cream, cookies and a water-resistant telephone case.
Jude Somers made the unbelievable 20-mile journey from Worthing to the Sussex coast that left his ‘arms burning’ on Monday July 11.
He filmed the arduous journey to the 72 sq km wind farm in a three-part collection that confirmed the 15-foot deep sea, the place he noticed an enormous compass jellyfish and handed a cargo ship.
Mr Somers – who stop his workplace job to embark on a collection of TikTok adventures – shared the journey together with his 12 million followers the place he was simply inches away from the enormous wind turbine.
In the course of the journey, he informed his followers ‘That is simply wonderful, I’ve by no means been wherever like this earlier than.’
‘As wonderful as that is – it took 4 hours to get out right here which implies it will take at the very least 4 hours to get again’, he added.
As soon as he returned dwelling, Mr Somers, from Worthing, confirmed off a blister on his foot and painful pink sunburn on his again.
Jude Somers made the unbelievable 20-mile journey from Worthing to the Sussex coast that left his ‘arms burning’ on Monday July 11 when the ‘climate was calm and clear’.
He filmed the arduous journey to the 72 sq km wind farm in a three-part collection that confirmed the 15-foot deep clear water
As soon as he returned dwelling, Mr Somers, from Worthing, confirmed off a blister on his foot and pink sunburn on his again
He joked: ‘We’re not even going to speak about it’.
He added: ‘The space I travelled in the present day is definitely greater than the gap of the English Channel which meant I might have went to France if I needed too.’
Mr Somers, who swims within the sea all yr spherical, mentioned: ‘The wind farm is on the horizon each time I’m going within the sea.
‘I see it each single day so I at all times suppose that it will be so cool to paddle on the market. However due to climate circumstances I’ve by no means been capable of.
‘However final week it was simply excellent. The wind was excellent. The water was fully nonetheless, like a mirror, so it thought it will be the right day.
Mr Somers, who swims within the sea all yr spherical, mentioned: ‘The wind farm is on the horizon each time I’m going within the sea’
Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is the primary offshore wind farm off the south coast of England and Mr Somers mentioned: ”It was the time of day when it was the most popular with the solar beaming down on me, so I did discover the journey again the toughest’
‘As a result of I had already achieved the 4 hours getting there and had paddled concerning the wind farm for an hour, the way in which again it was actually arduous.
‘It was the time of day when it was the most popular with the solar beaming down on me, so I did discover the journey again the toughest.
‘However I used to be so happy after I received again!’
Up to now, he has posted quite a few movies of him swimming and finishing challenges reminiscent of strolling barefoot for ten days.
One consumer commented: ‘Am I the one one scared of massive buildings/constructions like this?’
Up to now, the paddleboarder has posted quite a few movies of him swimming and finishing challenges reminiscent of strolling barefoot for ten days
One other added: ‘Think about being on a tiny inflatable paddle board w no life jacket and the wind getting stronger, waves getting greater oh god.’
Another mentioned: ‘Folks do not realise how harmful this might have been there are lots of components to think about when on the ocean this might have ended loads worse.’
Rampion Offshore Wind Farm is the primary offshore wind farm off the south coast of England.
It’s situated within the English Channel and is between 13 kilometres and 20 kilometres from the Sussex coast and stretches from East Worthing to Brighton.
The mammoth wind farm is bigger than the island of Guernsey within the English Channel. It doesn’t have a problem of restricted navigation for boats.
The Crown Property owns virtually all UK shoreline out to 12 nautical miles and has to conform to lease the seabed earlier than building can begin on a wind farm.
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