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The world’s toughest row

MELKTERT made by his wife and loads of rest – that's what recovery has been about this week for SA solo rower, Grant Blakeway, 59, who completed the 2020 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – a 4 800km row across the Atlantic Ocean, aka The World's Toughest Row.

Speaking from Antigua on Wednesday, Blakeway, who lives in Durban, said it took three days “to find his land legs” after 56

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