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Adventurers saved by Dubai-based ship
Four rowers who set off on a bid to break a trans-Atlantic rowing record set more than 100 years ago were rescued by the crew of Gulf Grace, ship belonging to Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM).
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:06 June 16, 2008
- Tim Garratt, 27, Chris Jenkins, 43, Joby Newton, 19, and Wayne Davey, 30, were rescued by the crew of Gulf Grace.
- Image Credit: Supplied Picture
Dubai: Four rowers who set off on a bid to break a trans-Atlantic rowing record set more than 100 years ago were rescued by the crew of Gulf Grace, ship belonging to Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM).
The rowers, who called their challenge Scilly Boys Row 4 Home, were aiming to beat the record for a four-person crew of 55 days and 13 hours from New York to Bishop Rock - the eastern end of the North Atlantic shipping route used by ocean liners in the first half of the 20th century.
Falmouth Coastguards were alerted that the nine-metre vessel had capsized in high winds and poor visibility 650 miles out from New York just 13 days after setting off from the US coast.
Tim Garratt, 27, Chris Jenkins, 43, and Joby Newton, 19, from UK's Scilly Isles, and Wayne Davey, 30, from Cornwall, were rescued by the crew of Gulf Grace, an IMO Type III 65,000 DWT ship in coordination with the US Coast Guard (USCG).
"Capt Rageesh Koyambron Vadavathiand and his 24-member crew did a great job of rescuing the stranded sailors whose rowing boat keeled over. While the USCG aircraft guided Gulf Grace it was our crew that spotted the flares from the men in the life raft and speedily rescued them," stated Ahmad Hareb Al Falahi, GEM's CEO.
Only six crossings have been made west to east in the Atlantic over the past 100 years.
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