Oyster Rendezvous with Record Breaking Transatlantic Rower
On the afternoon of 25 February, Richard Matthew’s Oyster 82 Zig Zag had a rendezvous at sea with transatlantic rower Charlie Pitcher from Burnham-on-Crouch. Taking part in the ‘Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Solo’, Charlie left La Gomera in the Canary Islands and met Zig Zag 12 miles off the coast of Antigua after 52 days at sea. Shattering the previous single-handed record by some 16 days, Charlie was the first boat home with the rest of the fleet several hundred miles astern.
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