This season’s 4,800 km Transatlantic Rowing Race saw Galway businessman Daragh McLoughlin’s period of intensive training and planning handsomely rewarded with personal victory in the Solo Division. Inevitably we usually hear most about some of the problems and serious hazards involved in this ultra-marathon, but the McLoughlin approach of quietly getting on with the necessary preliminaries, and then only going public a couple of months before the off, was like a breath of fresh air and his win was a classic.
Daragh McLoughlin of Galway is “Sailor of the Month (Offshore Rowing)” for January
1st February 2026
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