Team Vibe the Wave - 2023 Finish Video | World's Toughest Row - Atlantic

💥RACE FINISH💥
Team Vibe the Wave🇬🇧!
Tuesday 30th January at 18:44 local time, Maddie Difazio-Wright, Grace Gilbert and Grace (G) Pybus, lively and ecstatic, crossed the finish line of the World’s Toughest Row in a time of 48 days, 13 hours and 53 minutes, in front of a massive and roaring crowd of friends, family and fellow rowers!
Where to start with this team..?! After a tough start to the race, with challenging weather and conditions, the girls got hit by a marlin strike on New Years eve. It was captured on camera and later brought all over the news in the UK, where you can clearly see the marlin hunting some fish who were seeking cover under their boat ‘Oardrey’. Suddenly the noise of cracking material can be heard and a loud scream from Grace, who got closer than one would want to! The result of the visit, three holes and a flooded compartment. The girls used all their skill and imagination to repair the holes and stop the water intake. Soon to follow, the headline for BBC News was: ‘Champagne bottle plugs hole in boat after marlin strike’! For sure a world first within the history of ocean rowing.
When asked about how it was to get in to English Harbour, Grace said, “we spent a lot of the last 20 days talking about who we were excited to see and why, and to hear all noises and voices coming from all angles, knowing that actually after all this time, we made it together, as better friends with all of our objectives met. Words really can’t describe it! It was out of this world!” Maddie added, “it taught us a huge amount. We never ever thought it would turn out how it was but our key objective the entire time was: LIVE THE ADVENTURE!”✊🏼