A 21-year-old student is believed to have become the youngest person and first woman to row solo and unsupported from mainland Europe to mainland South America.
Zara Lachlan, from Cambridge, set off from Lagos on the Portuguese Algarve on October 27 last year and 97 days later reached French Guiana after a 3,600 nautical-mile journey.
Ms Lachlan, who will join the Army in September as a technical officer, having completed a physics degree at Loughborough University, overcame a cut leg, an injured arm and a broken finger, a capsized boat and broken equipment.
Ms Lachlan arrived in French Guiana on February 1, in a time of 97 days, nine hours and 20 minutes.
She said she missed beating the solo row speed record for the journey by 19 hours.
She carried 800kg of supplies in her boat, including 5,500kcal of meals and snacks per day. Independent
A 21-year-old student is believed to have become the youngest person and first woman to row solo and unsupported from mainland Europe to mainland South America.
Zara Lachlan, from Cambridge, set off from Lagos on the Portuguese Algarve on October 27 last year and 97 days later reached French Guiana after a 3,600 nautical-mile journey.
Ms Lachlan, who will join the Army in September as a technical officer, having completed a physics degree at Loughborough University, overcame a cut leg, an injured arm and a broken finger, a capsized boat and broken equipment.
Ms Lachlan arrived in French Guiana on February 1, in a time of 97 days, nine hours and 20 minutes.
She said she missed beating the solo row speed record for the journey by 19 hours.
She carried 800kg of supplies in her boat, including 5,500kcal of meals and snacks per day. Independent
A 21-year-old student is believed to have become the youngest person and first woman to row solo and unsupported from mainland Europe to mainland South America.
Zara Lachlan, from Cambridge, set off from Lagos on the Portuguese Algarve on October 27 last year and 97 days later reached French Guiana after a 3,600 nautical-mile journey.
Ms Lachlan, who will join the Army in September as a technical officer, having completed a physics degree at Loughborough University, overcame a cut leg, an injured arm and a broken finger, a capsized boat and broken equipment.
Ms Lachlan arrived in French Guiana on February 1, in a time of 97 days, nine hours and 20 minutes.
She said she missed beating the solo row speed record for the journey by 19 hours.
She carried 800kg of supplies in her boat, including 5,500kcal of meals and snacks per day. Independent
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21-year-old Student completes Europe to South America solo row after 97 days at sea
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21-year-old Student completes Europe to South America solo row after 97 days at sea
A 21-year-old student is believed to have become the youngest person and first woman to row solo and unsupported from mainland Europe to mainland South America.
Zara Lachlan, from Cambridge, set off from Lagos on the Portuguese Algarve on October 27 last year and 97 days later reached French Guiana after a 3,600 nautical-mile journey.
Ms Lachlan, who will join the Army in September as a technical officer, having completed a physics degree at Loughborough University, overcame a cut leg, an injured arm and a broken finger, a capsized boat and broken equipment.
Ms Lachlan arrived in French Guiana on February 1, in a time of 97 days, nine hours and 20 minutes.
She said she missed beating the solo row speed record for the journey by 19 hours.
She carried 800kg of supplies in her boat, including 5,500kcal of meals and snacks per day. Independent
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