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Rowing Across the Atlantic Race – Heavy Weather, Hallucinations, Hostility and Harmonica – AORR
This week finds most, if not all, of the Atlantic Ocean Rowing Race fleet stuck on their sea (para) anchors in the grip of a pretty vicious weather system that is giving them all a fairly solid battering. Quite apart from the frustration of no progress towards Antigua, and in most cases, miles being blown backwards which will have to be rowed all over again – the teams have to cope with probably the most uncomfortable conditions that they will encounter.
The sea anchors work very effectively when deployed from the bow, turning the boats’ noses into the prevailing conditions and helping the rowers to quite literally ride out the storm. Unfortunately …Â Details & Pictures
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