Women to row Atlantic naked

upi ^ | Dec. 9, 2009

[JoeProBono]

Two British women attempting a world record by rowing across the Atlantic say they hope to shave a few days off the trip by completing the feat naked.

Mel King, 37 and Annie Januszewski, 40, of Bristol, England, said they are hoping to row 3,000 miles from Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua in the West Indies in only 70 days, to beat the previous 75-day record for a two-woman team, The Sun reported Wednesday.

The women, who planned to start the voyage Wednesday if the weather is favorable, said they originally planned to row for 15 hours a day in their bras and underwear, but decided to strip down completely to reduce chaffing from friction with clothing.

"I've just turned 40 but I'd like to get it straight that I'm not going through a midlife crisis," Januszewski said. "Hopefully being nude will allow us to shave days off our time."

[JoeProBono]

Making waves ... Mel and Annie

[Katoolie]

This is a joke.

Right?

[CholeraJoe]

The blond:

a) Isn’t nekkid (turquoise bikini top visible)
b) Isn’t guilty

[muir_redwoods]

I would suggest sunscreen

Lots of sunscreen

[Sarah-bot]

Why doesn’t she just say that she wants to be the first woman to transgress the Atlantic with a butt plug installed. I am sure that one could achieve butt plug status in the Genius Book of World Records.

[samtheman]

That’s the first thing I thought of too... sunscreen.

The naked-to-reduce-chafing from friction might have some logic behind it... I don’t know, I never rowed for more than an hour at a time.

[CholeraJoe]

Hopefully being nude will allow us to shave days off our time.

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Nude and shave...

If you are going to do one, please do the other.

[beebuster2000]

time? is that what they call it in the UK?

[Man50D]

Two British women attempting a world record by rowing across the Atlantic say they hope to shave a few days off the trip by completing the feat naked.

Being naked shortens the journey time? Why hasn't the Navy thought of that?

[CholeraJoe]

They going to need lots of shaving after 70 days at sea.

[SmokingJoe]

Why are British women always so eager to get their clothes off?

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[Lockbar]

What is to be gained by this whole adventure? Somebody else has already made the trip. Shave off a few more days, so what?

[Tainan]

"...but decided to strip down completely to reduce chaffing from friction with clothing."

Oddly enough, that line of reasoning has never been of help for me.

[SkyPilot]

[SkyPilot]

ATTENTION WHORES

[DieHard the Hunter]

Two people of the same sex (women) spending 70 sweaty days and 70 sweaty nites, alone, in the middle of nowhere, NAKED.

Where’s the fun in that??

Are they lesbians or something? There’s something subtle about this story I just am not getting.

[Right Brother]

The blond:

b) Isn’t guilty

Are ya totally sure about that Joe?

[seemoAR]

70 days, There is a joke about carpet burn in there somewhere. ;0)

[Condor51]

Brit pair ... Annie Januszewski, left, and Mel King

uh.. Annie should keep her clothes ON.
And she's definitely, Guilty.

[CholeraJoe]

Well, you KNOW Laz would hit it.

[Lazamataz]

I’d hit the ‘man in the boat’.

[wrench]

And this was announced the day after Tiger said he would be cruising the eastern Atlantic in his yacht for the next few months.

Sounds like a “boarding party” in the making.

[Dr. Ursus]

This just in: Tiger Woods has agreed to be the Cox-swain on the boat!

[MiltonFriedmanFan]

Stroke....Stroke....Stroke....Stroke....Stroke

[BlueStateBlues]

The one on the right looks like Rachel Maddow. That would be nice to put her in a boat and set it adrift on the Atlantic.

[Sarajevo]

Isn’t nekkid (turquoise bikini top visible)

If that's a bikini top, those things must be slapping her knees!

[Vigilanteman]

Not such a bright idea, IMHO. Forget the nudity. The combination of saltwater and sunshine make for a very, very bad sunburn.

Years ago, when I was in college, I went with a group of friends to swim in a saltwater lake. It was a beautiful day, there were beautiful girls in the group and I was well-built and athletic in those days. Long story short is that I ended up with the worst sunburn you could imagine. Ever since, I go swimming with a t-shirt on, unless it is indoors.

[bunkerhill7]

Columbus never had it this good.

[grey_whiskers]

Naked.

In the North Atlantic.

In Winter.

What could *possibly* go wrong??

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

Naked.

In the North Atlantic.

In Winter.

What could *possibly* go wrong??

Cheers!

[DieHard the Hunter]

> The combination of saltwater and sunshine make for a very, very bad sunburn.

You’re true there!

Can you imagine what the two of them might look like (assuming they survive this stunt) after seventy days nude at sea?

The suppurating sea-sores. The deep-red sunburn, with melanomas forming. Peeling dead skin. Matted, tangled hair that can never be combed out, with cooties. Saddle-sores from rocking back-and-forth while rowing. Deeply blistered hands. Most of the above infected...

They will both look like something someone found shipwrecked on the beach.

Crikey. Why would anyone do this to themselves??

[grey_whiskers]

I just *LOVE* the looks on the Tennis players' faces.

(Tiger Woods thinks: "D@mn! Why doesn't this ever happen to me?")

Cheers!

[grey_whiskers]

I smell a Darwin award.

Cheers!

[Landru]

"Why would anyone do this to themselves??"

Fo' m o n e y Grasshoppa.

LOL!!!

[My Favorite Headache]

Oh ok they are lesbians...this makes all the sense in the world.

[Marechal]

She’s got a nice set of cankles.

[Condor51]

*** Oh ok they are lesbians...this makes all the sense in the world. ***

Actually I didn't think about them being lesbians.

Except that two women spending 70+ days alone at sea, and NAKED, did seem a bit odd. Then again, they're Brits so who can tell, Brits do the strangest things.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Fo’ m o n e y Grasshoppa.
>
> LOL!!!

(HUGE GRIN!) I learned long ago in life that there are some things that just aren’t worth doing, no matter how much they pay you.

These two kittens are about to learn that lesson big-time!

[Landru]

"I learned long ago in life that there are some things that just aren’t worth doing, no matter how much they pay you."

True-true.

"These two kittens are about to learn that lesson big-time!"

Yea this stunt begins full of fire, & surely ends full of crap ala Al Capone's vault. LOL

I mean lest two human beings voluntarily subject themselves to, "The suppurating sea-sores. The deep-red sunburn, with melanomas forming. Peeling dead skin. Matted, tangled hair that can never be combed out, with cooties. Saddle-sores from rocking back-and-forth while rowing. Deeply blistered hands. Most of the above infected...".

LOL!!!
*Cooties*, too?

Great stuff, my friend. :^)

[Vigilanteman]

In the unlikely event that they carry through with this stunt, my guess is that by Day 3, if not before, they will be so sunburned and peeling that they will be rowing to the nearest civilization of any type or calling for an air rescue.

However, I'm assuming these girls are in good shape physically and have the brains to carry some sort of communication device on board if things go sour. I also expect the nude rowing announcement is some sort of publicity stunt and that they will suit up once the media has moved on.

[Vigilanteman]

Canary Islands to Antigua would be more properly described as the Mid-Atlantic with fairly pleasant ambient temperatures year round. I would guess it doesn’t get much colder than the low 60’s.

[Logic n' Reason]

Trust me on this....the sharks won’t care at all.

[Dead Corpse]

I’ll go along to help apply the sunscreen...

[Vigilanteman]

Just for the heck of it, I looked it up to see what winter time temperatures are like.

Canary Islands (origin): low of 61, high of 73

Antigua (destination): low of 76, high of 84

A little on the cool side at the start, but perfect nekkid temperatures at the end.

[Chuckster]

I don’t know about that. “I’ve been in an open boat before, sir. Ten days, and it can get damn cold!” Seaman Matthews to Acting Lt. Hornblower.

Even at that latitude, I’d not want to be out in an open boat, and certainly not naked, in December.

[My Favorite Headache]

They are textbook.

[JoeProBono]

DARWIN AWARD

[JoeProBono]

[Silly]

How nice for them.