Row, row, row your boat

The middle of the Atlantic Ocean in a 22 foot rowing boat may not be the most comfortable place in the world, but for Gearoid Towey and Ciaran Lewis, the support they’re getting from home is making it worthwhile, as Declan Colley discovered.

Gearoid Towey finds it hard to believe that his transatlantic rowing exploits have attracted so much interest among the Irish public. Wallowing along, with about 1,000 miles of the ocean behind himself and fellow oarsman Ciaran Lewis, it is hard, in this vast empty wilderness, to believe that so many people back home have latched onto their adventure and are following progress so keenly.

“I can’t believe so many people are getting excited about two fellas rowing a boat,” Towey reports via satellite phone from mid-ocean. “I’m not complaining mind, because it has given Ciaran and myself a huge lift - all those messages coming to us. It’s really fantastic.”