A FARNHAM man’s bid to row 3,000 nautical miles across the Atlantic Ocean for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity was delayed this week due to “extreme” weather.

Married dad of two Shaun Tubb, 49, was set to set off from the Canary Islands on Tuesday as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, hoping to arrive in Antigua by mid-February.

However, due to the poor weather conditions in the mid-Atlantic, the race organisers took the decision to delay the start this week.

Lead duty officer Ian Couch said in a statement: “Rowing the Atlantic is extremely challenging. It would be wrong to launch a fleet into conditions that are so extreme so early on.”