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When I’m 64 – Sara rows into the record books

Sixty-four-year-old Sara Brewer is the oldest woman to row across any ocean after finishing a 3,000-mile Atlantic crossing.

Ms Brewer set off from La Gomera on December 12th with her rowing partner Ann Prestidge – a mere 35-year-old.

The couple took it in turns by taking one and a half hour stints pulling the oars.

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They reached the coast of Antigua on the eve of International Women’s Day (March 7th).

Ms Brewer took up rowing just six years ago.

She said: “We never anticipated it would take us this long.

“We were hoping to finish in mid-February, so the extended row has been tough both mentally and physically.

“For the past three weeks, we’ve been surviving on two meals a day and next to no sleep.

“We’re delighted to finally set foot on land.”

“I appreciate how lucky I am in my normal life and I will never again look upon it as being dull and mundane.”

 

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