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10th March 2014

Irish Rower's Atlantic Escapade On The Film Festival Circuit

#Rowing - The challenges of ocean rowing are documented in One Ocean: No Limits, an hour-long film charting an Irish novice rower's experience crossing the Atlantic that was shown in San Francisco last night as part of that city's International Ocean Film Festival.

As the video clip above shows, Adam Langton Burke had less than a year's river rowing experience and no experience on the open seas before he joined fellow Irishman Rob Byrne in the six-man crew of the 11.1-metre Sara G that set out from Morocco on 5 January 2011 bound for Barbados.

Their record-breaking escapades are now doing the rounds of the worldwide film festival circuit, with the next screening of the Sarah McCann-directed film set for Saturday 22 March as part of Boston's Irish Film Festival.

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About Pamela Lee, Irish Offshore Sailor

Ireland has produced some of the world’s most dedicated offshore sailors, and Pamela Lee of Greystones is one of them. She has made a name for herself in the sailing world, having worked as a mate on a charter Super-yacht for two and a half years. After coming ashore, she has been fully committed to her offshore sailing ambitions since 2019.

Lee has raced in various craft, including Figaro 3s, Class 40, Tp 52s, and multihulls, and has eight transatlantic crossings under her belt. In partnership with Kenny Rumball, Lee supported Rumball’s La Solitaire du Figaro sailing campaign to secure the Irish berth in the proposed Mixed Offshore Keelboat event for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

One of Lee’s stated main aims is to promote female empowerment in sport, and she set out to establish a double-handed Round Ireland speed record with Englishwoman Cat Hunt in the winter of 2020. This campaign gained much publicity, and Lee expressed pride in bringing sailing and offshore sailing, in particular, into the conversation for 2020.

To further her offshore sailing career, Lee moved to France, where she has recently secured a place to skipper a yacht in the Transat Jacques Vabre Challenge in October 2023. Lee’s passion and dedication to offshore sailing are inspiring, and her achievements are a testament to her hard work and perseverance.