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AS SEÁN McGowan pulls closer to the half-way stage in his Atlantic odyssey, two Corkmen were celebrating after completing their ocean row.

Peter Williams and Mike Jones landed in Barbados early yesterday morning, Irish time, having rowed from Agadir in Morocco as part of an international crew of six in the boat Sara G. The journey took them 57 days and 20 hours.