Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Atlantic Odyssey rowers rescued after capsizing

One could easily equate such an ambitious goal of sailing the Atlantic Ocean in 30-days in a row boat equivalent to running a four minute mile, but at sea.

This picture is of the crew of the Sara G rescued after 14 hours at sea after their row boat capsized. 

The crew had been trying to row from Morocco to Barbados in under 30 days, and were 27 days into their journey when the 36ft (11m) vessel overturned.

The Atlantic Odyssey website says the men were picked up from a life raft by a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship.



It named the team as: Father-of-four Ian Rowe, 45, from Bedford; Aodhan Kelly, 26, from Dublin; Simon Brown, 37, a father-of-three from Wiltshire; father-of-two Yaacov Mutnikas; Mark Beaumont, 29, an adventurer from Perthshire, and skipper Matt Craughwell.
Read Full Article

Until Next Time: à Donf