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roWing Your WaY across 3,000 miles of Atlantic ocean
to raise funds for epilepsy research isn’t everyone’s idea of fun
but for Sally Kettle it was the challenge of a lifetime. When the
original plan of rowing transatlantic with her boyfriend failed,
Sally invited her mother to step in and take his place.

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Sally and Sarah set off on their 105-day voyage from La
Gomera in the Canaries to Barbados. Their boat – Calderdale
– was specially made from marine ply, carried a solar power
system, satellite navigation, a computer and a water-making
machine, but their toilet for the fifteen-week crossing was a
bucket on a rope.
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They were the first British women’s pair to row an ocean and
the first mother and daughter crew, and they join a select group
of only fifteen women who have achieved this feat.
We join Sally and Sarah on their ocean voyage, having
your boat
spent 75 days or so at sea – this extract is a combination of
log and email and taken from Sally’s book, Sally’s Odd at Sea,
which is available at all good chandleries, distributed by Kelvin
Hughes. u
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