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Sally and Sarah - the naked truth
15:18 p.m. EST Apr 2, 2004
Mom and daughter already attracts attention in the world of adventure. Just today we received some good news and corrections of our story yesterday:
"In your story I'm afraid you reversed the mileage. They have 936 miles to go having already covered 2058. Unfortunately they may miss the record for slowest crossing by a few days at there current average of 28.5 miles a day." Oops, OK. So that's great...or?!
Anyway, the expected remaining time for last 900 odd miles is less than 30 days (not 150 days).
Even the Times couldn't resist a chat with the naked ladies all alone out there at the sea:
“We’re getting on like a house on fire,” says Sally, naked, from the cabin of Calderdale on a satellite phone link. Naked? “We’re mother and daughter; we’ve got nothing to hide,” the ladies told the reporter.
Yes, it is a fact that oceanrowers often row naked to avoid rash. Now let's hope the fishermen and sailors around Barbados doesn't follow too much on internet!
Check out the Times article on other interesting bits on this couple, including statements from a psychologist specializing in relationship counseling!
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 yellow, Calderdale - The Yorkshire Challenger.
Image of Sally, Sarah and a rowing boat courtesy of Oceanrowing.com
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