A 36-YEAR-OLD Victorian policeman and seven other crew members have embarked on a world record attempt to row 8500 kilometres across the Indian Ocean.
Tim Spiteri and his team departed from Geraldton, in Western Australia's Mid West region, on Wednesday afternoon with the aim of reaching Durban in South Africa in less than 57 days.
They will be totally unsupported, with each rower manning the oars for two hours, followed by two hours of rest in a continuous shift cycle.
They say no rowing crew has ever made the crossing non-stop as most teams end their journey in Mauritius, about 1700km from mainland Africa.
Mr Spiteri, whose mother suffers from multiple sclerosis and is writing a children's book about the voyage, hopes to raise $250,000 for MS Australia.
He has so far raised more than $27,000.
While on their journey, the crew will consume just 5000 calories a day, but will burn at least 6000 calories.
The 1000-calorie deficit each day meant Tim had to put on more than 10kg before he began the journey to avoid losing too much weight.
The team will be consuming mainly dehydrated foods, some nuts, lollies and protein bars.
Mr Spiteri, who has been a policeman for 14 years, completed an Atlantic Ocean crossing last year in 35 days, 12 hours and 41 seconds - the sixth fastest crossing in history.
Last year, Dutch adventurer Ralph Tuijn was rowing solo across the Indian Ocean when a tanker struck him at night while he was some 2000km from Cocos Island and about 4600km from the Australian mainland.
Tuijn did not require medical treatment and was rescued by the tanker LNG Sokoto.
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