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British and Irish rowers rescued after capsizing in Atlantic Atlantic Odyssey rowers rescued after capsizing
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Six rowers adrift in a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean have been rescued after capsizing during a record attempt. Six rowers have been rescued from their life raft after capsizing in the Atlantic Ocean during a record attempt.
Organisers of the challenge to get from Morocco to Barbados in under 30 days say the crew of five British men and one from the Irish Republic are safe. The crew of the Sara G - five British men and one from the Irish Republic - are safe, organisers say.
The Atlantic Odyssey website says they were picked up by the Panamanian-flagged cargo ship Nord Taipei. 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 crew of the Sara G were 27 days into their journey when the 36ft (11m) vessel overturned on Monday. href="http://www.atlantic-odyssey.com" >The Atlantic Odyssey website says the men were picked up by the Panamanian-flagged cargo ship Nord Taipei.
It named the team as: Father-of-four Ian Rowe, 45; Aodhan Kelly, 26, from Dublin; Simon Brown, 37, a father-of-three from Wiltshire; father-of-two Yaacov Mutnikas and Mark Beaumont, 29, a documentary maker from Perthshire.
Coastguards in Falmouth, Cornwall, helped co-ordinate the team's rescue some 500 miles (800 km) from their destination.Coastguards in Falmouth, Cornwall, helped co-ordinate the team's rescue some 500 miles (800 km) from their destination.
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The Atlantic Odyssey website names them as captain Matt Craughwell; father-of-four Ian Rowe, 45; Aodhan Kelly, 26, from Dublin; Simon Brown, 37, a father-of-three from Wiltshire; father-of-two Yaacov Mutnikas and Mark Beaumont, 29, a documentary maker from Perthshire. They said the men had lashed their life raft to the hull of their overturned boat.
UK coastguards said they had lashed their life raft to the hull of their overturned boat.
"The shore contact for the Sara G managed to get through to the crew of the boat via satellite phone and ascertained that the boat had capsized," a coastguard spokesman said."The shore contact for the Sara G managed to get through to the crew of the boat via satellite phone and ascertained that the boat had capsized," a coastguard spokesman said.
"They had abandoned to the life raft, which was tethered to the capsized vessel. All crew are said to be safe and well.""They had abandoned to the life raft, which was tethered to the capsized vessel. All crew are said to be safe and well."
The coastguard spokesman added the six were expected to be taken to Gibraltar, where they are due to arrive on 9 February. The spokesman added the six were expected to be taken to Gibraltar, where they are due to arrive on 9 February.
The Sara G is the latest boat to get into trouble during a transatlantic rowing challenge this winter.The Sara G is the latest boat to get into trouble during a transatlantic rowing challenge this winter.
In December, British rower Tom Fancett and Tom Sauer, who has dual Dutch and Russian nationality, were rescued by a merchant ship after 10 hours floating in a life raft.In December, British rower Tom Fancett and Tom Sauer, who has dual Dutch and Russian nationality, were rescued by a merchant ship after 10 hours floating in a life raft.
Their small boat sank in rough seas some 500 miles south-west of the Canary Islands as they attempted to reach the Bahamas during the Atlantic Ocean Rowing Race.Their small boat sank in rough seas some 500 miles south-west of the Canary Islands as they attempted to reach the Bahamas during the Atlantic Ocean Rowing Race.