Transatlantic Rower to Give Ocean Rowing Talk in Dun Laoghaire

3rd November 2022

Rowing Across the Atlantic - 6,000 km. Dun Laoghaire rowers Robert Collins and Kevin O'Farrell completed the journey in June

Robert Collins, a coastal rower with St. Michael's Rowing Club in Dun Laoghaire will give a talk about his row across the Atlantic earlier this year.

As Afloat reported previously, after 55 days at sea, the St Michael’s Rowing Club duo of Collins and Kevin O’Farrell completed their epic journey across the Atlantic earlier in June.

Setting off from southern Portugal in early April in a small craft as part of a four-man crew, alongside Dutch rowers Ralph Tujin and Simon van de Hoek, the Irish pair battled rough seas, technical hitches and physical injuries to arrive in French Guiana 55 days later.

Kevin O’Farrell (right) and Rob Collins on their way to French Guiana an epic 55-day ocean row from Portugal

Collins will give his talk at the National Maritime Museum of Ireland on the 23rd of November. More on this link here

Published in Coastal Rowing, Dun Laoghaire Harbour News

Published in Coastal Rowing

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