Newsletter #106 featured an article on the Pink Lady row, an attempt by four Britons to break the record for a transatlantic row. Unfortunately, as some of you may have seen, their effort came to a dramatic conclusion on August the 8th. Caught by a dying flail from Hurricane Mark, their boat, one of the most technologically advanced craft of its type ever, was smashed in half by a monster wave. After six hours clinging to a lifeboat in a raging storm, the crew were rescued by a Danish trawler. Fortunately, none of the four were seriously injured, although John Wills suffered concussion and Jonathan Gornall, who's competed in both the British and the World Indoor Rowing Championship, was treated for hypothermia. Despite being only 600 miles from their goal, Jonathan was still able to take some positives from the experience.We feel very lucky. We've had a fantastic experience. We've seen the sea at its most beautiful and we've seen it at its most violent. We feel we've achieved a lot even though we didn't get to break the record. The worst thing is we were so close. But that's life. The rowers were offered scrambled eggs and bacon when they were safe on board the ship. It tasted like heaven on earth. I don't think I've ever tasted anything so great — and it's nice after all this time at sea to be able to use a real loo without three other guys watching.It's a shame we didn't make it, but at least we can assure ourselves it wasn't anything we did wrong, he said from the Scandinavian Reefer. It was just, you know, you take on nature and you take what she delivers and on this particular occasion she delivered a killer blow. Even though the bid to break the record has ended, you can still help the crew in their efforts to raise more than £50,000 for the British Heart Foundation by visiting http://www.bhf.org.uk/pinklady.