CHILDREN’S CHAMP: Stuart Connacher tackles the Talisker Challenge
Fundraiser motivated by thought of young smiles
HE likens it to a boxing match – man against the sea, a constant battle to make contact with the water, nothing like traditional rowing. But for Port Elizabeth rower Stuart Connacher, 49, crossing the Atlantic Ocean has changed his perspective on life.
And in turn it will also change the lives of children desperately in need of facial reconstructive surgery.
Connacher, from Summerstrand, is midway through the Talisker Whisky Challenge, known as the world’s toughest row.
He is rowing, and raising funds, for the Smile Foundation.
Connacher said an interview on Algoa FM piqued his interest in the Smile Foundation.
The young woman doctor being interviewed made a big impression.
“She was so deeply passionate. I did some follow-up to see what they were all about,” he said.
“The work that Smile does is extremely tangible and to watch the transition of those little babies is just remarkable.”
He decided to use a challenge that he had long wanted to complete for a good cause.
Yesterday, Connacher completed day 18 of the epic challenge in which competitors row 3 000 nautical miles (5 556km) across the world’s second-largest ocean.
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