Ted Welman and Jack Faulkner hope to row the 3,700 miles from Western Australia to Mauritius in a new record of under 85 daysTwo British doctors have set off from Western Australia in an attempt to set an Indian Ocean rowing record, despite rats depleting their supplies. Ted Welman and Jack Faulkner rowed out of Geraldton harbour yesterday with almost 3,700 miles of ocean between them and their destination of Mauritius. Last night they were making steady progress about 30 miles northwest of Geraldton, travelling at 1.2 knots. Dr Welman, from Petworth in West Sussex, and Dr Faulkner, from Brighton, both 26, have spent 14 months preparing for the journey. [It’s] all of a bit of an unknown, but hopefully we’ll be all right,” said Dr…

Source: The Times March 17, 2017 00:11 UTC