View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fliteboard (@fliteboard) Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A British man and his son have become the first people to cross the English Channel on eFoil boards. Rob Wylie, 51, and son Morgan, 19, used Fliteboards -- electric-powered hydrofoil boards that use their motors to hover about 3 feet above the water while traveling up to 20 mph -- to cross the English Channel in about 1 hour, 44 minutes. Advertisement The men began from Cap Griz Nez, France, and arrived in Folkstone, England, at the end of their 23-mile journey. Fliteboard, which congratulated the duo in an Instagram post, said Rob Wylie's board only had 4% battery strength remaining at the end of his trip. "The Fliteboard family duo navigated currents, seaweed, swell and ships to complete the ride," the company said. Read More Florida dad wins $1M lottery jackpot while back-to-school shopping Thrift store returns 146-year-old marriage certificate to great-granddaughter Kitten rescued from marsh after falling from South Carolina bridge