Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SCILLY, England, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- It took 43 days, but a rowing team has broken the record for crossing the North Atlantic from New York to Britain's Isles of Scilly. The British-led team paddled an 18-foot long wooden boat called the "Fox" 3,500 miles, through storms and 40-foot waves from New York to the Isles of Scilly, The Sunday Telegraph reported. Advertisement The previous record was set in 1896, taking 55 days. "We are all really exhausted; it's been a helter skelter trip," said skipper Leven Brown, 37. "It was very punishing on the body. We had two capsizes and two men thrown overboard." The four-man crew also set a 24-hour record of 118 miles on July 14, breaking a 2008 record of 118 miles, the Telegraph reported. Brown was a member of that crew as well. The boat capsized twice and two crew members fell from the boat during rough weather.
