A British rower has set a record for the slowest-ever Atlantic crossing, coming ashore in southern England Friday, 124 days after leaving North America.

　　The time was a disappointment, considering the 23-year-old rower, Oliver Hicks, had hoped to break the record of 62 days for the fastest west-to-east crossing.

　　But Hicks, who set off May 27 from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, did claim a record for being the youngest person to row an ocean solo, and another for being the first Briton to make the crossing.

　　"It was just one of those things. If we had had better weather, we would have been quicker," Hicks said.

　　"I have no regrets at all about being out there so long, but I am very pleased to be getting home now. The last weeks have been very tough as it got colder and wetter and darker and rougher."

　　Hicks said he was ready to go again.

　　"I reckon I've got another row in me," he said. "Nobody has successfully rowed the southern ocean yet, so I could possibly head down to the southern hemisphere. I'd like to achieve a real first."

一英国人创下横渡大西洋最慢世界纪录

　　一名英国人日前创造了划船横渡大西洋最慢的世界纪录。此人在离开北美洲124天后于9月30日才在英格兰南部上岸。

　　据美联社10月1日报道，到目前为止，由西向东最快横渡大西洋的世界纪录是62天。这名现年23岁的英国人名叫奥利弗-西克斯，他于今年5月27日从美国新泽西州大西洋高地出发，原本希望打破62天的最快纪录，但最终的结果却是创造了最慢的世界纪录，这恐怕令他失望不已。

　　不过换一个角度来看，西克斯也算不虚此行，因为他还创造了另外两项世界纪录，成为单独横渡大西洋年龄最小的人，同时也是第1个横渡大西洋的英国人。
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