|
|
|
|
|
|
Mother and Daughter still rowing
11:42 a.m. EST Apr 15, 2004
With 700 miles to go and a 10 mile average yesterday, Sarah and Sally still have a long way to go. April 7, they had this to report:
"Our cupboard is our refuge, our bedroom, our office and very occasionally our bathroom! (but only in VERY stormy weather!) I know many of you have not had the opportunity to take a little look inside so I’m going to guide you through a virtual tour….here goes….
The ceiling is painted white and split into four panels, one section is covered in the names of all our Diamond Donors, we promised to take them with us if they made a donation. Unfortunately our sweaty heads have acted as mops obliterating many of them; although they still remain with us in spirit you’ll probably find ‘Tracy Young (Berkhamstead), amongst others, is now printed backwards on our scalps.
On the other three panels there’s a mixture of good luck messages from friends and family and a few pictures I’ve drawn during the journey. Mum has written… “Mum says
“I feel so wretched”
Sally says
“Get out there and row…Ya Cow!”
I added just to be sure she covered all the bases!
“I feel so retched/despondent/ poorly/sensitive/delicate/wasting”
I’ve drawn a c of pc with ‘mmmm….’ written beside them and early on in the voyage I drew a tree for Mum to sit under to cure her seasickness.
There are other scrawlings but the one I look at before I go to bed is the seven bar-gate markings of the days as they go by, eleven weeks so far and more to come."
Mother and daughter team Sally and Sarah Kettle have been out rowing the Atlantic ocean for a little more than 2 months now. Sallys first row was with her boyfriend Marcus Thompson (Tommo). They raised money to highlight the need for research into a cure for epilepsy and as Tommo suffers from the condition.
The couple had to retire from the race after 6 days due to sea sickness which brought on Tommo's first seizure in over 2 years. That's when Sally called on her mom Sarah to replace Tommo:
"When Sally first phoned me from the boat asking if I could take Marcus’s place I couldn’t believe my luck! I packed some baked beans and some rice cakes and caught the ferry from Tenerife to La Gomera the next morning. I organized my home and my husband Steve. He has already employed a friend’s daughter to do the ironing and feed our pets. The ladies I work for as a gardener have been really fantastic and they’ve given me permission to have the time off."
Tommo is back in Brighton readjusting to a life without ocean rowing and the women will be the first Mother and Daughter team and only the second all female team to row the Atlantic: We don’t intend to win; in fact we know the only record within our reach would be the longest time spent crossing the Atlantic, which currently stands at 111 days!"
Ocean Rowing Society Atlantic Rowing Regatta ORSARR 2004 takes place to celebrate the 35th anniversaries of the first East-West solo ocean row by John Fairfax and first West-East solo ocean row by Tom McClean; and 33rd anniversary of the first Atlantic East-West double row by Geoff and Don Allum.
Sally and Sarah are team pink, Calderdale - The Yorkshire Challenger.
Image of Sally and Sarah Kettle courtesy of the Ocean Rowing Society.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Top Feature Stories
|
 |
Young sailor missing outside of Trinidad
Full Story
|
 |
Minoru Saito: Oldest around the world update
Full Story
|
 |
A new world speed sailing record: Ellen made it!
Full Story
|
 |
Vendee Globe 2005 Finish newsflash
Full Story
|
 |
Maud Fontenoy - another adventure has begun
Full Story
|
 |
Fedor Konyukhov: Declines Argos replacement on unassisted sail
Full Story
|
|
|
| Latest News |
|
| Fedor - less than a week to go! Jun 3, 2005 | | Saito San - closing in on home and record! Jun 2, 2005 | | Atlantic Four: And they are off! Jun 1, 2005 | | Ollie - is anybody out there? May 31, 2005 | | ExplorersWeb Week in Review May 30, 2005 | | And they are off! May 27, 2005 | | Ellen gives transatlantic record a second battle May 27, 2005 | | Vagabond update - Polar bears, 200 candles and ice melting in Inglefieldbukta May 26, 2005 | | ExWeb interview - Atlantic Four: "It was all about persuading our wives" May 25, 2005 | | Iridium: "Invalid battery - matches found, 0" May 24, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
