A former Royal Marine is just over a week away from completing his world record transatlantic row, having set off from Gibraltar in early January.

Lee Spencer, also known as ‘The Rowing Marine,’ is aiming to become the first physically disabled person to row solo and unsupported across the Atlantic, East to West, from Europe to South America.

He spoke to Hayley Hammond, from Forces Radio BFBS, on his satellite phone when he was 600 miles from his final destination of Cayenne in French Guiana.

You can hear the audio in the clip below.