NZ rowers still on course for Mauritius

Four New Zealand rowers, into their seventh week of a long and painful crossing of the Indian Ocean, expect to reach Mauritius in about three weeks.

Tom Wigram, Billy Gammon, Matt Hampel and Peter Staples, all expatriate Britons, are attempting to become the world's first four-man crew to complete the crossing.

They set off from Geraldton in Western Australia on April 19, competing against 11 other teams from around the world. Five teams have already dropped out.

The New Zealand quartet are rowing in two-hour shifts.

They have rowed 2236 nautical miles, with 916 to go.