Starting and finishing at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy in Dorset - the venue for the 2012 Olympic sailing events - it will be the first time 50 cars, 50 boats and 50 aircraft will compete in a 10-let circumnavigation of Britain's coastline simultaneously.
The iconic 1960 car, now owned by Australian publishing company International Publishing Group, was driven by the late John Thaw CBE in all 33 episodes of the popular detective series, in which he starred as grumpy super-sleuth Inspector Morse. The series ran for 13 years.
The distinctive car remains housed in the UK and will feature in a cameo role in an upcoming prequel to the series, timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first episode. Set in 1965, Shaun Evans will play Morse.
