Capsized Atlantic Rowers Safe

The US Coast Guard has rescued four Britons attempting to row across the Atlantic for charity after their boat capsized.

Chris Jenkins, Tim Garrent, Wayne Davey and Joby Newton, who called themselves the Scilly Boys, were attempting to row the 3,200 nautical miles from New York to the Isles of Scilly off the Cornish coast. Their 29-foot vessel capsized 420 nautical miles east of Cape Cod. All four men were inside the boat's two cabins at the time. They managed to contact Falmouth coastguard who alerted their American counterparts. A Hercules plane spotted the men in a liferaft, and they were rescued and taken on board a merchant ship in the area."The crew has been taken aboard the Gulf Grace at 8 am. We understand all are relatively safe and well, but suffering slight hypothermia," British coastguards said. They set off from New York's Liberty marina on June 1, aiming to break the world record of 55 days set back in 1896 by George Harboe and Frank Samuelson. The route has only been completed successfully six times. The Scilly Boys are raising money for four charities: Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the Cornwall Air Ambulance, the RNLI's Train One and Above and Beyond.

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