Tom McClean (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Tom McClean is a veteran of both the Parachute Regiment and the SAS and is a survival expert who lived on the island of Rockall from 26 May to 4 July 1985 to affirm Britain's claim to the island.McClean started his military career in University at East Midlands UOTC and served in the Parachute Regiment and SAS for a total of nine years. Following his retirement from military service, McClean gained notoriety through his achievement of numerous feats of endurance. He holds the world record as the first man to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone which he did in 1969. He subsequently gained another world record in 1982 by sailing across the Atlantic in the smallest boat to accomplish that crossing. The self built boat measured 9 feet and 9 inches, and because of the weight of the food took an amazing 7 weeks to cross. His record was broken three weeks later by a sailor manning 9 feet and 1 inch long boat. In response McClean, using a chainsaw, cut 2 feet off his own vessel - making it 7 feet and 9 inches in length. During the return trip he lost his mast and the journey took even longer than his first attempt but he regained the record.