A French couple from Marseille He has been training for two years in the waters of the Mediterranean, as he prepares for what they hope will be a great record: A three -month swimming relay in the Atlantic.

Mattie Vitua and Cloe Lece are planning to start from Capeoff the African coasts, the November 1to go through 3.800 kilometers (2,360 miles) up to French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe And all this with the aim of raising the awareness of ocean protection.

The couple will alternate daily, swimming for six hours each, and attempt to break a record for the larger female marine crossing, as well as for the largest swimming relay “with a fragment”; this means that the boat on which they sleep will be seduced by this.

“This is hyper-adhesion, and that is what we like to do“, Lesa said.

In 2019 the couple crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain in Moroccoin 2021 he swam; and in 2023 he swam from Marseilles to Barcelona. The crossing of the Atlantic, however, is a challenge of another scale. The water temperature is expected to range around 23 degrees Celsius.

The couple has been preparing for two years, perfecting their technique to avoid injuries. “This summer we have swimmed many hours, almost three to four hours a day, so that our bodies really get used to so long daily swimming“, Lesa said.

Their catamaran will be manned by a four -member crew, including a nurse.

The cross -section aims to raise awareness of ocean protection, and the couple has created an educational package, which has already registered over 63,000 students.

Children and their teachers will receive weekly lessons on topics such as biodiversity and pollution, while watching swimmers’ progress.

“If we are not able to complete the physical challenge but we succeed in the awareness campaign, we will have achieved more than to complete the crossbar but to fail in the campaign“, Lesa said.