Round the world sailor Alex Alley is aiming to attempt to establish a new ‘Solo Non-stop Around the World’ sailing record next year in his 40’ yacht ‘Pixel Flyer’.

Alex already holds the records for: ‘Length of Britain’ and the ‘Solo Round the Isle of Wight’ .

Early next year, Alex is aiming for several more world records and then in November 2018, the big one – ‘Solo Non-Stop Around the World Record for a boat 40’ and under’, to give it the full title – currently 137d 20h 1m 57s. Imagine being at sea, entirely on your own, racing at amazing speeds in treacherous seas, for something like 30 days longer than the crew of HMS Glamorgan were at sea when they returned to Portsmouth on 10 July 1982.

He is currently running a campaign to support this adventurous attempt and to that end he is asking companies and individuals to buy pixels to adorn the hull. For details see www.alexalley.com.

Captain Peter Galloway approached Alex saying that he wanted to support him by buying some pixels, in the form of a very special picture, and asked him if he would be prepared to lay 14 poppies on the sea at his closest point of approach to that spot where they laid their comrades to rest, 51º 50.5′ S, 53º 31.2′ W.
When the pixels of the picture appear on the hull on Alex’s website, www.alexalley.com anyone visiting the site can access the written explanation providing the story behind the picture.

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The story behind the tribute

On the night of 11th/12th June 1982 HMS GLAMORGAN, a County Class destroyer, was supporting 45 Commando Royal Marines with naval gunfire bombardments during their assault on Argentine troops on the Two Sisters Heights overlooking Port Stanley. Having fired some 145 rounds of high explosive shells in support of the Royal Marines over eight hours at Action Stations and steaming away from the islands some 19 miles offshore, the ship was struck by an Argentinian Exocet Missile fired from ashore.

The missile struck the ship at 06.37 on 12th June on the port side aft, exploding on impact, destroying the Wessex helicopter, severely damaging the hangar, and wrecking the main galley below. Thirteen of the ship’s company were killed, with a further fourteen injured, who were evacuated to HMS HERMES and HMS INVINCIBLE. 

Although badly damaged and with serious fires raging and serious flooding, by 10:00 on that day, with all fires extinguished, she was able to leave the danger area at 20 knots.

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