The owner of Oldham Athletic has arrived in the Caribbean after two months rowing solo across the Atlantic. That's despite earlier drifting off-course after falling asleep.
Frank Rothwell, 73, set off from the Canary Islands in a one-man rowing boat on December 12 as he set off across the world's second-biggest ocean for the second time.
And tonight (Thursday), Frank arrived at the island of Antigua. It brought the businessman's epic 3,000 mile voyage, which lasted 64 days, to an end and means he has bettered his own world record of being the oldest person to row the Atlantic solo, which he set in 2021. READ MORE: I capsized four times while rowing the Atlantic - all I want is a cold lemonade and a Valentine's meal with my wife READ MORE: Oldham Athletics' Frank Rothwell shares hopeful message from rowboat in the mid-Atlantic It is all in aid of Alzheimer's Research for which he raised over a million pounds three years ago and has already raised over a quarter of a million pounds for this time around. You can donate here. There was some concern earlier today when his boat went off-course.
A post on his challenge's social media page said: "His family had a very emotional morning trying to make contact with him, but his son has just been in contact to let us know that Frank is fine and was asleep.
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