Langstone in front at Le Havre

Langstone Cutters increased their lead in the first London2Paris rowing race by just over an hour when finishing in Le Havre at 18.00 hrs last night.

It was a long hard day for the crew covering a 140 miles in just over 31 hours with some crew members having to row 6 hours at a stretch. It seemed, however, for all a truly inspiring experience with at one stage dolphins, attracted by the "strobe lights" mounted on the stern, playing around the boat. Nevertheless they were all glad to se the pontoon on arrival having pushed themselves beyond exhaustion. All a very tired Team Leader Mike Gilbert was able to say at the end was "Just proud of them and proud of what they have achieved".

For Le Figarow it was just another day when the learning curve was straight upwards but they know that by just losing by just one hour over 140 miles that they only need a little improvement to be back in the hunt. They also suffered some problems with the pump system which they need to keep working just to stay afloat!!

The committee are considering some form of time compensation for this incident.

LEG 2 RESULTS:- Ramsgate to Le Havre

1. • Langstone Cutters = 31hrs 37mins 10secs
   • Accumulated Time = 46hrs 21mins 40secs
2. • Le Figarow = 32hrs 53mins 45secs
   • Accumulated Time = 48hrs 20mins 7secs

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