Me and Hobs: Our brief love affair

March 24, 2010
Hobs rests onboard Liv

On March 11, 2010, after 67 days by myself onboard Liv, I was joined by a visitor. That was the day that Hobs joined the party.
At that stage of the journey, having birds flying around the boat and landing on it was a common sight, so I didn’t think much of it. But, after he’d [...]

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They’re here! The first batch of pictures

March 23, 2010
Katie smiling mid-Atlantic

It may have taken over a week, but I have finally managed to transfer all of the photos and videos that I took while rowing the Atlantic Ocean onto my computer. It seemed rude not to share them with you guys. So, here are the first few. You can click on the images to open [...]

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Finding my head in the clouds

March 21, 2010
Katie looks out over the Kaieteur Falls

Where was I? Oh yeah, my head was in the clouds!
Sunday March 14, 2010, was my first night in a proper bed for over two months. And it was a good one. It needed to be, because I had a busy week ahead. The whole of Monday was spent with my dad and brother cleaning [...]

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“Welcome to Guyana!”

March 17, 2010
Katie finishes her Atlantic row

“Welcome to Guyana” – a sentence I’d been waiting to hear for 70 days, 5 hours and 22 minutes!
It appeared as darkness fell, starting as a soft glow on the horizon. As the night progressed, it turned into dotted lights and, by the morning, had turned into trees and buildings. Even hearing new sounds that [...]

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The final approach

March 14, 2010

Please follow Twitter for the latest updates following Katie’s arrival into Georgetown (official arrival time 1607GMT). Katie is currently having a well-earned rest, but rest assured we will continue updating the blog and add photos when we get our hands on them. If anyone has any footage or photographs from Katie’s arrival, please email them [...]

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Day 70 — Final fears

March 13, 2010

This morning I smelled something burning; either a passing boat was having a mean barbecue or my boat was catching fire. Not surprisingly, it was the latter.
My tracker unit has been acting up and took its final farewell up in smoke. I quickly grabbed the fire extinguisher and, being so close to land, I didn’t [...]

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