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Forty days and 3000 miles in the world's toughest row - raising funds for Sailors' Society

22 Jan, 2024

After 40 days 3 hours and 31 minutes our rowers - atlanticr2r – have crossed the finish line of the world's toughest row. And they did it all for Sailors' Society.

The four rowers, Johan Parkinson, Paul Roadnight, Tom Atkinson and Richard Parkinson, who set off from the island of Goma at the start of December – rowed 3000 miles west to Antigua.

The rowers rowed for two hours and slept for two hours 24 hours a day as they crossed the Atlantic Ocean and, in the process, they broke two oars, turned their boat over 3 times and even had to fend off a hungry marlin with one of the broken oars.

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Speaking as they got off their boat for the first time since setting off on Dec, Jordan said:

”It‘s special, very lucky to have the opportunity. We started 4 years ago planning for this, it has been a hell of a journey.“

The row wasn’t easy: “The 1st nine or ten days brutal we went with it and luckily we came out the other side.” Jordan added.

And the team even had to face tackling one final squall as they approached the finish line at Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour Antigua”.

The team thanked everyone who had supported them

You can see their arrival at https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

You can still donate by going to www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/atlanticr2rskye

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