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Supporters waiting for C2 in the rain - at least balloons are waterproof
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Applause from the crowds
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Just a few metres left
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Nearly there!
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Justin, the oldest of All Relative, who built several of the boats in the race, pulls C2 in
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Ready to land
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Clint lands in Antigua
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A salty sea dog
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Chris' parents and his sister Sue are very pleased to see him
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Champagne provides Chris with something to smile about
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A happy moment
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To Classes 3 and 5 from Island Academy, C2 are celebrities!
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Chris signs an autgraph for some of the young singers who welcomed them in
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Young autograph hunters
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A melee on the dock
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An official from the Ministry of Tourism greets C2
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After 2 months in the sea cow, Clint is pleased to see the land (team) cow
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C2 had to fill in Immigration forms. Arrival was "by sea", of course
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Chris enjoys his first drink of cold mineral water for 2 months
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Clint enjoying his first drink of cold mineral water for 2 months so much he pours it all over himself
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With "celebs" James Cracknell and Ben Fogle of Spirit of EDF, who crossed the line just over a day ahead of Team C2
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This photo appeared in the Daily Telegraph!
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Cracknell's back was seriously bothering him when he came down to talk to C2 a few hours after they landed
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C2 yarn with Ben Fogle
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Chris chats to James Cracknell
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Chris clutching the package he was presented with the Ministry of Tourism
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Ocean rowers talking
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The Copper and Lumber Store hotel where they came in - the Manager found them a spare room to have showers.
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A steel band came down to play in the afternoon shortly after C2 landed
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...when the sun came out, fortunately
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Devil's Bridge - the seas are much more benign than when C2 had to row past this point on the way in
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They rowed past this bit, just north of Willoughby Bay
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The wide entrance to Willoughby Bay (in the distance) past which C2 had to row to get to the finish
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Looking towards the entrance to the English Harbour from Shirley Heights
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The entrance to the English Harbour from the Atlantic
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Looking down on the English Harbour and Fort Berkley from Shirley Heights
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Fort Berkley - where the children from Island Academy sang from as C2 rowed in
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Entrance to the English Harbour with Fort Berkley in the foreground
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Looking towards the dock where they landed from Fort Berkley wher ethe children were singing
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You can just see various rowing boats moored
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This radio on Shirley heights mast marks the official finish line
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Scrutineering: Lucy from Woodvale checks that they still have everything they should have
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All 150 litres of Team C2's ballast water - untouched
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Ludy from Woodvale looks worried after asking Chris to show that he still has the required axe in the cabin
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Lifejackets, drogues, flares etc
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All the right safety equipment
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Lashing rain was the theme for most of the first few days after C2 landed
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Lots of stuff on deck
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Plenty of Nutrigrain bars left
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Clutter in the cabin through the square window
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Clearing out the boat 2 days after landing
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5 blades made it back out of the 6 they started with
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The comforting pink cushtie kindly donated by Atlantic Warrior went mouldy in the end
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A useful sunhat donated by Godfrey Rowsports also went mouldy - pictured here with a dead flying fish
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Gooseneck barnacles on the rudder
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This was taken 2 days after the finish. Incredible!
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Salt sores on someone's bottom - imagine sitting on that and rocking back and forward for 12 hours a day!
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Clint's infected toe - after it started getting better
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Chris doesn't fit easily through the cabin door
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C2 took 90 days provisions, so this is the unused 39 days' worth... mostly given to Woodvale for resupplying other crews as required
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Clint finds a passenger (deceased)
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Ian and Ian the buckets, plus a complementary receptacle
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The cooker only stopped working on the last night (and probably would have been fine after some cleaning)
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The cows in the bows made it all the way across. The Christmas tinsel was not removed on Twelfth Night.
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One of the frigatebirds C2 initially thought were pterodactyls at sea
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C2 with Alan Weston aka Mr Antigua who knows everyone on the island and did everything to help us all on our stay there
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Clint and Dave from Atlantic 4 discuss an important point about ocean rowing
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George from Atlantic 4 (in the middle) at the cocktail party on board Talitha G the evening C2 landed
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Chris and Clint answer questions at assembly at Island Academy
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A graphic description
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They are presented with books of drawings the children have done of them
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The children sing them the Antiguan National Anthem
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More autograph signing afterwards!
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Wonderful cow print on the books of drawings
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Team C2, Atlantic 4 and the amazing guys from Bout de Vie who were the 3rd pair across the line - they're not even very big!
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By chance, C2 came back on the same flight as Cracknell and Fogle
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Going home the quick way (they had to pay for their tickets, though)
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Clint reunited with his kids Elle, Merlin and Scarlett - now the guardians of Buttercup the trans-Atlantic cow
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