The Rowing Marine
crossing the atlantic: the world’s only physically disabled person to hold the world record in an endurance event
$70.34
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2025
Summary
On 9 January 2019, Lee Spencer, a disabled former Royal Marine, set out in a tiny rowing boat called Hope from the Southern Portuguese town of Portimao. He was hoping to become the fourth person in history to row solo and unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean, as well the first disabled person to complete the row and the fastest. After sixty days, sixteen hours and six minutes at sea, Lee rowed into the Mahury River estuary in Cayenne, South America, shattering the able-bodied record by an as…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036132767 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036132765 |
| Author: | Lee Spencer |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 548g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Lee Spencer
Lee Spencer describes himself as born in Dagenham, made in The Royal Marines. A serving Royal Marine for 24 years, as well as deployments in Iraq and Northern Ireland, he came through three operational tours in Afghanistan unscathed only to lose his right leg after being hit by an engine block as he was helping a motorist who had crashed on a motorway in Surrey in 2014. Refusing to give in to the situation he found himself in, Lee recovered and embarked on what is, and continues to be, a remarkable journey. In the New Year Honours List in 2019, Lee was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to charitable fundraising. He currently holds four Guinness World Records for crossing the Atlantic.
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