John Fallon: City slicker Carr rises to Atlantic challenge

Jamie Carr is a former League of Ireland footballer who quit playing at 23 to become a coach and is working with Manchester City’s U18 team.

CHALLENGE CONQUERED: Manchester City Coach, Jamie Carr.

NEVER before had Jamie Carr felt so physically bereft yet emotionally enriched when his 3,000-solo row across the Atlantic reached Antigua last Friday.

It was exactly 53 days, one hour and 12 minutes since the native of Baldoyle had set sail from the Canary Islands in a £50,000-boat especially made to withstand the rigours of currents, winds, storms, and whatever else the open sea would throw at completing his expedition.