Yorkshire graduate sets Atlantic challenge record for solo female rower

Miriam Payne and her boat during training. The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge is one of the toughest endurance events in the world. Photograph: Seas the Day

A 23-year-old from east Yorkshire has set an event record in a 3,000-mile solo rowing challenge across the Atlantic.

Miriam Payne, from Market Weighton, set off from La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 12 December 2022 with the aim of reaching Antigua in the Caribbean within two months as part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – described by its organiser as “the world’s toughest row”.