Bjorn Viaene wrote:

They have less than 420 miles left to reach the "Lizard meridian" - a line
that stretches from Lizard Point in Cornwall to the Ushant lighthouse in
Cape Finisterre in Brittany. They must do so by 23 August in order to break
the world record for the fastest North Atlantic row from Canada.

The four-man crew has already encountered adverse weather conditions, from
rough seas that set off their emergency beacon, to four times as many
icebergs as usual off the Canadian coastline. They even got a battering from
a freak 45 ft (14 m) wave.

But this weekend's storms could be the fiercest that the Pink Lady has seen.
If the boat ends up near the deep low pressure system set to form, it will
be lashed by gale-force winds and torrential downpours. The crew may well
have to ride out the storm from their cabins for two days.

Too late - they were all rescued after the boat was split in two. You've
got to really feel for them, 80% of the way through, and this happens.
At least they were all rescued alive.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3545720.stm

G.

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Graham J. Platt
TRA #10112 L2