Greg Collins from Thame in Oxfordshire was among the rowing team who encountered the whales at the midway point of a 3,000-mile World's Toughest Row adventure. He was rowing alongside Will Towning Elliot Collins and Chris Betts. The videos show the men being surrounded by about five whales surfacing and diving alongside their boat. Will Towning, Greg Collins, Elliot Collins and Chris Betts coming face to face with whale (Image: Get Busy Rowing / SWNS)The Get Busy Rowing team said they had feared their vessel could be struck. The team are competing in the World's Toughest Row which is a transatlantic unassisted rowing race in which teams travel roughly 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua.

Source: The Herald January 14, 2026 02:17 UTC