The 1st woman to have rowed across the Atlantic East-West twice
It's no mean feat to row across the Atlantic Ocean, but to row it twice...!
It takes courage and determination to face 40ft waves, gale force winds and shark attacks but Sally has plenty of that.
With no rowing experience and certainly no sea-going experience, Sally took to the oars in her ocean rowing boat, Calderdale, in 2003. She was joined by an unlikely partner, Sarah Kettle, her mother. 105 days later they were the worlds first mother and daughter to row an ocean, the UK's first female pair and Sarah the first grandmother to row across the Atlantic.
In 2005 she founded Rowgirls.com an all female rowing team set to break the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing. The team of four were struck by disaster when a crewmate left the boat. The rudder fell off in the the worst weather in 200 yrs of recorded history and the boat was attacked by a shark. Not willing to give up Sally and her crew still made it to Antigua 77 days later, becoming the first 3-handed boat to row any ocean.
On this site discover everything you need to know about Sally's extraordinary 6000 mile adventure. Read more about her trips of a life time and find out how you can invite Sally to motivate your business, club members or pupils.
