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6:00 AM February 12, 2021
The four-strong Force Genesis team celebrate after completing the 3,000-mile, 50-day row across the Atlantic
- Credit: Atlantic Campaigns
A courageous team of rowers have crossed the Atlantic in aid of the Honiton-based Devon Freewheelers.
The four-strong group, who set off on the 3,000-mile row on December 12, were welcomed as heroes when they reached Antigua on Monday, February 1.
The rowers, who have so far raised £7,537 of their £20,000 fundraising target, said the 50 days at sea had been awesome and amazing , adding: we worked seriously hard to reach the finish.
Force Genesis, as the team was called, was made up of Mark Sealey, of Wiveliscombe in Somerset, grandmother-of-three Gemma Best, from Clevedon in Somerset, Amy Wood, from Salisbury and Will Cogley, of Portishead, near Bristol. They completed the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – billed as the world’s toughest row – in 50 days, 22 hours and 1