Loughborough father and daughter celebrate Atlantic crossing
BBC News Published image copyrightGeneration Gap image captionRoger and Brittany Staniforth said they had managed to share a small cabin without arguing A father and daughter team have raised about £40,000 and scored a competition first by rowing across the Atlantic. Roger and Brittany Staniforth, from Loughborough, battled exhaustion, 40ft (12m) waves and even having the boat holed by a grumpy marlin. They arrived in Antigua in the early hours of Wednesday having covered the 3,000-mile (4,828 km) trip in just under 46 days. They are the first father and daughter to complete the challenge. T...