Miriam Payne rowed for 59 days from Canary Islands to Antigua in one of world’s toughest races
A 23-year-old from east Yorkshire has set a new record after completing a 3,000-mile solo rowing challenge across the Atlantic.
Miriam Payne, from Market Weighton, set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 12 December 2022 with the aim of reaching Antigua in the Caribbean within two months as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – described as “the world’s toughest row”.
