Corkman set to break rowing record

A Corkman is part of a crew that is on pace to break the world record for rowing around Britain.

Gavin Sheehan, 25, from Blackrock, is rowing day and night with his fellow crew members aboard a 25ft-long ocean racing boat.

Gavin and his crew mates Josh Taylor and Alan Morgan, from Mersea Island, Essex, and James Plumley, from Guernsey, known as The Islanders, are competing in GBRow 2013, which started on Saturday at Tower Bridge in London.