20 Jan 2012

Tasman rowers finally make it home

7:00 pm on 20 January 2012

Four New Zealand rowers have arrived in Auckland after a seven-week voyage across the Tasman Sea.

Rowing under the name Team Gallagher Nigel Cherrie, James Blake, Martin Berka and Andrew McCowan set out from Sydney on 27 November.

Andrew McCowan says the trip was supposed to take only between two and six weeks, but they are feeling fine despite the long journey.

"We never expected it to take that long. We left at the wrong time of year; you kind of have it in the back of your mind if things go bad it might take that long and that's what happened.

"We're home now and all the better for it."