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A Fighting Chance Memorial

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On August 18, 2018
In 1966 two British paratroopers rowed across the Atlantic in a 20ft boat. It would take the daredevils 92 days in some of the harshest of weather conditions. The inspiration for this treacherous adventure came after 26-year-old Captain John Ridgway replied to an advert. Journalist David Johnstone was looking for rowers to join him in […]
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