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Having rowed a colossal 2,548 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, Charlie Pitcher made history yesterday morning by becoming the first solo competitor to win a multi-class ocean-rowing race.

Pitcher, in his boat JJ, crossed the finish line in English Harbour at 2017hrs GMT, in a race winning time of 52 days, 06 hours and 47 minutes.

In doing so, he has also set a new British record, having eclipsed Sam Knight’s record by almost a week.

Back on January 4, 2010, following a 29-day weather delay, the Atlantic Rowing Race finally got underway.

Pitcher initially led after the first day, but was soon overtaken when bad weather put pay to the fleet’s progress with many crews, including Pitcher, using their para-anchors to avoid losing ground to the finish.

However a week later, he was back at the front and continued to lead the fleet all the way to the finish line.

In the first few weeks of the race, Pitcher was showing pace that could have seen him surpass the current solo record of 42 days, but further adverse weather saw him lose too much time in the middle of the race.

After crossing the finish line, Pitcher had both his young sons join him on the boat to enjoy his final moments at sea having now joined the handful of people that have successfully rowed across an ocean.


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