 The boat suffered a broken rudder on its first attempt |
Two rowers from Teesside are gearing up for a second attempt to cross the Atlantic after the first ended when their boat sank after becoming damaged. Nigel Morris and George Rock of Ingleby Barwick, near Stockton, along with a Lincs and a Welsh rower, are hoping to finish the 2,500-mile trip in 55 days.
They are due to leave Newfoundland in Canada on Tuesday and row back to Falmouth in Britain.
Their original attempt in 2002 stalled halfway when their boat's rudder broke.
Mr Rock's wife Julie said: "It is a very tense time and the best we can expect is a weekly phone call, although there will be daily dispatches to the website recording distances travelled and the state of morale.
"I was speaking to George last night and the team were excited and raring to go. It is very worrying, but I'm confident they all know what they are doing.
"George has promised me that after this attempt there will be no more."
The route is 2,100 miles long and, if successful, the crew will be the first to complete an Atlantic crossing to mainland UK.
The other team members are Robert Munslow from Monmouth, Wales, and Steve Dawson from Lincolnshire.
One-Minute World News 
News services
E-mail this to a friend 
Printable version 
