Oarsome! Yorkshire mums head for Atlantic rowing record

Four mothers crossing the Atlantic for charity are rowing their way towards the record books.

The Yorkshire Rows - four friends aged from 45 to 51 - will become the oldest all-women crew to row an ocean when they complete the 3,000-mile challenge.

The team, less than 150 nautical miles away from the finish line, are expected to reach Antigua on Thursday after 67 days at sea.

Niki Doeg, 45, Helen Butters, 45, Frances Davies, 47, and Janette Benaddi, 51, are one of 26 crews taking part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.

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Since leaving La Gomera in the Canary Islands on December 20, the four women have encountered a hurricane, power failures, attacks from flying fish, seasickness and injuries.

They also revealed they had to row naked after running out of clean clothes.

In their latest blog post last week, Mrs Benaddi, from Burn, North Yorkshire, said an equipment failure had left them steering by hand and one rower down at all times.