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British female team first to row across the Indian Ocean

Jul 7, 2009, 11:12 GMT

London - Four British women made history Tuesday by becoming the first all-female team to row across the Indian Ocean, spending 79 days at sea. The group, which calls itself the Ocean Angels, reached the finishing line in Port Louis, Mauritius, early Tuesday. The women set out from Western Australia to compete in the Woodvale Indian Ocean Race in April. Fiona Waller, 34, Elin Davies, 32, Jo Jackson, 28, and Sarah Duff, 25, undertook the challenge in aid of breast cancer research. 'To say it's been tough is an understatement but what an adventure,' skipper Waller said. 'We have seen the best and the worst of the Indian Ocean.' The women rowed in pairs for two hours on, two hours off, meaning that they never had more than two hours sleep at a time. Of the 10 boats that began the race, only five made it past the halfway mark and before this year's race only two men had ever completed it. The same race was won by a male British team on June 26.

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