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Atlantic Odyssey rowers rescued after capsizing | |
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Six rowers have been rescued from their life raft after capsizing in the Atlantic Ocean during a record attempt. | |
The crew of the Sara G - five British men and one from the Irish Republic - are safe, organisers say. | |
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. | |
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. |
Satellite phone | Satellite phone |
They said the men 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 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. |