CASE STUDY Drytac sets sail with Monkey Fist in Atlantic Dash extreme endurance challenge APPLICATION : Globe Print supplied Drytac Polar Grip Matte film for an intense endurance challenge which saw a team of four men row 3,200 miles non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean for 50 days. Drytac’s Polar Grip Matte film by Johnny Ward, Matthew of Drytac products, took on the was put to the ultimate test Pritchard and Martin Heseltine task of printing the graphics, in the last couple of months for the journey, which took 50 having previously worked with when graphics printed on the days, 5 hours and 12 minutes. Monkey Fist Adventures on material were featured on Such was the extreme nature one of its previous challenges. a boat crossing the Atlantic of the challenge that Monkey The Marlow-based company Ocean in an extreme endurance Fist Adventures, organiser of used a Roland SolJet EJ-640 challenge. the event, relied on Drytac large-format printer to print the A team of four men rowed, materials – once again – for graphics on Drytac’s Polar Grip non-stop, for 3,200 miles from support in decorating the film which was then paired with Lanzarote in the Canary Islands boat with striking graphics that their Interlam Pro Emerytex to the island of Antigua in would be able to withstand the overlaminate. the Caribbean, in a challenge harsh environment out on the The graphics, featuring the dubbed the ‘Atlantic Dash’. Atlantic Ocean. many sponsors supporting the Skipper Billy Taylor was joined Globe Print, a long-term user event, were applied to the boat