Australian to paddle surfboard from Singapore to Indonesia for villagers' charity

from The Jakarta Post -

An Australian athlete plans to paddle a surfboard across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes this weekend to raise aid money for remote Indonesian villages. Jackson English, 31, of Avoca Beach in New South Wales state, believes he would be the first person to "paddleboard" from Singapore to Indonesia's Batam island and back, a total of 80 kilometers. He was scheduled to leave Singapore on Saturday morning and return Sunday. English said by phone he hopes his feat will raise about US$300,000 in donation pledges. He said the money the humanitarian organization SurfAid International will use the money for a boat to haul supplies and aid staff to remote villages on Indonesia's Mentawai Islands off Sumatra.

This is a great cause and I wish him well, but 50,000 ships - big ships - a year (that's 137/day) pass through the Strait of Malacca.  I hope he's a fast paddler.