Boatylicious Dubliner daring to break the waves on Pacific adventure
LAST WEEKEND, four young women rose at 5am, rowed a 24ft boat through stormy seas and hailstones, ate freeze-dried food, went seal watching, spent an evening squashed together in the tiny cabin of their boat, drank champagne out of a silver cup in the local yacht club and tested the buoyancy of the boat by having it artificially capsized during their on-water training in Burnham-On-Crouch, England.
“If you want something in your life you’ve never had, you’ll have to do something you’ve never done,” says an inspirational photo on Team Boatylicious’ Twitter feed. A sentiment the crew aims to emulate in June when they hope to set a new world record for being the first all-female team of four to complete the inaugural Pacific Ocean Rowing Race in 40 days.
