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PRESS RELEASE : Karukera Crosses the Finish line!
Karukera Cross the Finish Line @ 23.04 UTC!
We are pleased to announce that Francois Lamy & Benoit Dusser, onboard Karukera have crossed the finish line at 23.04 UTC and made it safely onto dry land.
A crossing time of 63 days, 9hours and 34 minutes gives them 2nd place in the pairs class and 3rd over all in the Atlantic Rowing Race 2009.
Francois & Benoit devoted a lot of their time & effort into precise navigation. Making this an exact science can save the rowers a lot of nautical miles, and this proves it works!
They also used their flexible solar panels well to obtain as much power as possible and kept Karukera in “Ship Shape” (!) to make the day to day rowing and life onboard very efficient and enabling them to concentrate on keeping the boat moving at all times.
They too had their fair share of being on Para anchor and endured a storm that lost them some kit (Including their shaving equipment!) but still managed to make enough time to enjoy the calm seas and have a swim in the deep Atlantic.
Bravo Francois & Benoit!