Mother who rowed solo across Atlantic for World’s Toughest Row reaches land
by Sarah Ward
Feb 17, 2024
3 minutes
A mother who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean solo as part of the World’s Toughest Row race was reunited with her family after two months at sea.
Leanne Maiden, 42, a mother-of-two, who lives in Glasgow, become the first South African solo woman to conquer “the world’s toughest row” – a 3,000-mile voyage across the Atlantic from La Gomera to Antigua.
Mrs Maiden, an osteopath originally from , spent 66 days and five hours at sea, beating an estimate of 85 days.
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