Pascal Vaudé wins Bouvet Guyane Solo Atlantic Rowing Race 2012 in record time

Pascal Vaudé has won the Bouvet Guyane Solo Atlantic Rowing Race  and has set a new record of 37 days, 10 minutes and 26 seconds.  This morning Julien Besson crossed the finish line taking second place just in front of Henri-George Hidair, in third.   The Bouvet Guyane Solo Atlantic Rowing Race 2012 is a 2,600 mile race between between Senegal and Guyana.  All solo rowers are competing in identical 8 meter long boats.  Of the 23 rowers who began the race, 12 are still rowing while 8 have abandoned the attempt.