The 3,000 mile journey was completed by the men in two days and 15 hours, beating the previous Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge record of 35 days.
Amateur rowers George Biggar, Dicky Taylor, Peter Robinson and Stuart Watts, all of whom are fiends, set out from the Canary Islands heading to Antigua with hope of completing the challenge in 40 days.
The quartet, who were named The Oarsmen, managed to raise £250,000 for charity. They will be donating the money to health charity Mind, in memory of Mr Biggar’s mother who died in 2011 aged 54, and Spinal Research in memory of Mr Robinson’s friend Ben Kende.
Mr Watts, an account director from Gloucester, took insparation from his brother Matthew who was in a motorbike accident at the age of 18 and was given a 10% chance of survival. It’s thanks to his brothers ability to always see the possibilities that life presents us, he is now a world record holder.
Family and friends of the quartet had to rebook flights after the quartet arrived in Antigua at 02:00 GMT nearly 20 days ahead of schedule.
After arriving in English Harbour, 32 year old property lawyer Mr Biggar said:
“It’s amazing to complete the row.We set out with it as a charity initiative for two charities.For me personally, the Mind element is commemorative for mum who struggled with mental illness through her life.I always felt a need and desire to do something to commemorate mum, and to bring that to fruition and to complete it – to do it such justice in such style with such great support is amazing.”
The previous record holders were the Anglo-American quartet Lattitude 35, who completed the challenge in 35 days.
Having faced 40ft waves and , sea sickness, hallucinations and chronic fatigue the four found further insparation after having an encounter with a mink whale and calf when they swam under their 26ft fiberglass vessel in the middle of the ocean.
