the lead.
It will come as welcome news for Robbie Grant, who has recently suffered blistered feet, bruised shins and twisted knees. The 28-year-old lawyer, who works in London, is part of the four-man Team Pura Vida competing in the 2,900-mile
Atlantic Rowing Race 2007.
The team currently have around 1,300 miles to go to the finish line in Antigua, and having headed south to try to take of advantage of the trade winds, they are in first place. They set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 2 December. There are 21 other boats in the race, including crews from the Royal Marines and the Metropolitan police.
In a blog written on Christmas Day, Robbie said that the past ten days had not been easy. He wrote: ‘We’ve watched as the normally predictable trade winds have retreated before us and instead of the stern winds we had hoped for, we have been battered day after day by cross-winds, making steering in particular both exhausting and painful.
