Victoria Evans sets the women’s world record for rowing across the Atlantic. Photo: Sandy Pitt, BTMI
Victoria Evans sets the women’s world record for rowing across the Atlantic. Photo: Sandy Pitt, BTMI

Solo women’s Atlantic rowing world record set by self reliant Briton facing ‘intense’ weather, losing toe nails to the damp

  • Victoria Evans cuts nine days off previous world record, by putting performance at forefront of her decisions
  • Evans rowed nearly 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands to Barbados. She crossed in 40 days and 19 hours

Victoria Evans sets the women’s world record for rowing across the Atlantic. Photo: Sandy Pitt, BTMI
Victoria Evans sets the women’s world record for rowing across the Atlantic. Photo: Sandy Pitt, BTMI
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