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French rower Emmanuel Coindre, who
departed Stage Harbor on July 9, crossed the finish line off France on
Sept. 10, according to a report issued by the Ocean Rowing Society.
Coindre becomes the first person to row an ocean four times, twice in both
directions. The rower crossed the finish line, known as the Lizard
Meridien, or the longitude at Ouessand Island off the coast of France at
12:24 Greenwich Mean Time after rowing 3,337. The actual distance between
Chatham and the finish line is 3,114 miles.
In a related development, Andrews Rommel, a German rower who left
Chatham on July 16 bound for England, abandoned his attempt after rowing
1,551 miles, when he encountered the after-effects of Hurricane Gaston and
activated his distress beacons. On Sept. 2, after capsizing several times
in heavy seas that broke oars and carried away his rudder, he was rescued
by a cargo ship with the help of Canadian rescue planes, according to
updates issued by the Ocean Rowing Society.
The rower is the great-grand nephew of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. He
plans to have his boat repaired and row from LaGomera, Spain to Antigua
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