World record holder completes Atlantic epic

More than half the crew of the world’s toughest boat has arrived at Nelson’s Shipyard in Antiqua’s English Harbor, where HMS Audacious sailed for the first time on January 17 after rowing across the Atlantic Ocean for 35 days, 4 hours and 30 minutes. arrived at.

Sam Glover from Lynmouth, the only rower from Devon to take part in the race, arrived on January 25th. He crossed the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Entrepreneur Ship, taking 42 days, 3 hours and 15 minutes, becoming the first solo rower to arrive.

Strong southerly and southwesterly winds have dominated the weather this week, preventing Intrepid 232 from landing and pushing the fleet north.

Last week, Intrepid232 crew Rosemary Satchwell, Alison Smithhurst, Helen Montpetit and Julie Brady arrived alone on their boat, Black Squid, in dire conditions. He crossed the finish line on the toughest row in the world. 58 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes.

It arrived as the 28th boat of the year and set a world record for the oldest four-woman team to row the ocean. Four women from Jersey have set a new world record with an average age of 58 years. It added more than 43 years to the record. Now you might understand why their crew name was Intrepid 232.

The four women began their journey with a bit of drama after their RX45 boat was damaged in La Gomera. Fortunately, the problem was corrected in time for the race start, but it was the final day of passage that stood out the most for the team, facing perhaps the most technically challenging weather in the history of the race.

Rosemary said: “We’ve been working hard for two and a half years to get to this stage and we weren’t going to give up so easily. We didn’t want to fail!”