A Scot who had to be rescued and abandon his boat in a storm off the USA coast has clocked up over 1,500 miles in his second bid to row across the Atlantic.
But because of ocean currents and weather conditions, Duncan Hutchison is 1,142 miles from where he started and 2,450 miles from his home destination of Lochinver in Sutherland.
By the end of his 27th day at sea, Mr Hutchison had rowed an incredible 1,548 miles and is about a third of the way home.
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He was taken off his 23-ft homemade craft on June 4 in a fierce storm 20 miles off New Jersey – and just four days after setting off from New York.
But after a frantic search and appeal to ships and aircraft, his boat Sleipner – named after an eight legged horse from Norse mythology that could glide across the sea – was located at Ocean City, 133 miles further south from where it was set adrift.
Mr Hutchison from Lochinver resumed his long voyage to his home from Whale Creek Marina, Strathmere, New Jersey, on June 15.
Volunteer lifeboatman Mr Hutchison, 52, has spent his working life at sea, including most recently in the offshore oil industry.
He took three years building the boat.
Mr Hutchison expected he would take between 90 to 100 days to row it back to Lochinver.
His expedition is raising money for the charity Wateraid.
Only 13 people have successfully rowed solo from West to East across the North Atlantic.
