Transatlantic record bid blown off course by headwinds
ATLANTIC ADVENTURE: Georgia Leech, who grew up Cotherstone A FORMER Cotherstone resident has battled sleep deprivation, strong headwinds and flying fish to reach the half way mark in the race across the Atlantic nicknamed “the world’s toughest row”. Georgia Leech, a former Barnard Castle prep school pupil, and friends Hannah Walton and Florence Ward aim to be the quickest and youngest female trio to complete the epic row as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. They set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands in December in their specially commissioned Rannoch R45 Elite boa...
Source: teesdalemercury.co.uk