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Max McLean

Student completes Europe to South America solo row after 97 days at sea

Zara took just over 97 days to complete her challenge (Team Forces/PA) -

A 21-year-old student is believed to have become the youngest person and first woman to row solo and unsupported from mainland Europe to mainland South America.

Zara Lachlan, from Cambridge, set off from Lagos on the Portuguese Algarve on October 27 last year and 97 days later reached French Guiana after a 3,600 nautical-mile journey.

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