Today we faced our biggest challenge so far as we realised what the Irish Sea really had to offer… last night we were caught in a severe storm which was not a great way to start Will’s birthday! We part capsized, which unfortunately cost us an oar, which was smashed off, as well as two rowlocks (the piece which connects the oars to the boat) – thankfully we still made some progress and we only lost a few hours. We’re now heading straight for the south east of Ireland, fingers crossed we’ll get there later tonight. We’re currently 30 thirty miles away.
The wind is still against us until Thursday, but after that it looks likely it will be behind us for the first time.
We were all a little disheartened today as our improvised rowlocks, held on with coat hanger wire, could go at any time. That would be the end of our expedition.
We’re all missing people at home and hope everything is well.
