Atlantic rowers' lost boat found

The boat was towed to Branch, St Mary's Bay

A rowing boat which had to be abandoned by a team from the Isles of Scilly in June has been found.

The crew set off from New York at the beginning of June in an attempt to break the world Atlantic rowing record but got into trouble.

The crew - known as The Scilly Boys - were plucked from a life raft by an oil tanker which then took them to Gibraltar.

The boat has now been found by fishermen 200 miles off Newfoundland.

It has now been towed to Branch, St Mary's Bay Newfoundland.

The team had been trying to beat the 100-year-old record for rowing from New York to Bishop's Rock.

Mr Garratt, 27, Chris Jenkins, 43, Joby Newton, 19, and Wayne Davey, 30, were 650 miles (1,046km) off the US coast when they hit trouble.

Their vessel overturned 13 days into the voyage in 40 ft (12m) high seas.

The crew spent hours clinging to a life raft before they were picked up by the oil tanker Gulf Grace.

They have yet to decide if they will make a second attempt at the record, which currently stands at 55 days and 13 hours.

Only six crossings have been made west to east over the past 100 years.

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