A 72-year-old British retiree has become the oldest person to conquer the Atlantic single-row, a feat he has already accomplished four times. Graham Walters docked on the Caribbean island of Antigua on Wednesday, three months after leaving the Spanish Canary Islands in his plywood boat. He had built it in his garden.
With this ocean crossing, this inhabitant of the English city of Leicester obtains a double world record. He is not only the oldest man to have overcome the Atlantic by rowing but also the oldest man to have covered this distance of 5,000 km more than once.
He will have to wait to leave
The rower paid tribute to his boat, which he made twenty-two years ago. "I said to myself: why not become the oldest person to paddle the Atlantic with an old boat?" ", He quipped.
Unless he wants to start rowing the other way, Graham Walters will have to wait to see his England again. All commercial flights to and from Antigua are currently suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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