The four man crew from Plymouth are due to complete the challenge on Friday.
Glynne Dunn, Dan Lewis, Dan Wooler and Paul Adams set off on The World's Toughest Row Atlantic Challenge
The fish skewered a hole in one of the cabins, inches away from piercing the leg of the boat's skipper, the crew said. The challenge sees teams take on a 3,000 mile journey to Antigua, for about 40 days, to raise money for charity.Speaking to BBC Radio Devon from the Atlantic, Mr Wooler said: "I guess it was the middle of the afternoon on Saturday, there was an almighty crunch."We actually thought we'd been hit by another boat, how that would have happened I don't know because there was nothing around us.
Mr Wooler said the crew did not know if the blood had come from the marlin or the tuna it had been hunting around the vessel."He suddenly shouted we're taking on water and started pulling kit out of the cabin," Mr Wooler added."The spike not only went into the cabin footwell but it also penetrated the deck of the boat from beneath, through the fibreglass and then a couple of layers to get to the deck.
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