British voyager Sarah Outen reunited with her boat in Castletownbere

A British adventurer has been reunited with her rugged transatlantic rowing boat three months after being forced to abandon it in a hurricane.

Sarah Outen gave Happy Socks a hug when she arrived in Castletownbere, Co Cork, yesterday to collect it — a week after it was recovered drifting in Dunmanus Bay by the RNLI.

“It was great to see her again and I’m really grateful to the RNLI for finding her,” Ms Outen said.