Woodvale Transatlantic Update–Two Down, ? To Go…..: One week into this transatlantic painfest two rowing teams have dropped out. Team Madine Meuse Lorraine were the first to bonk, just 48 hours in. And on Friday, “Calderdale: The Yorkshire Challenge” shipped oars as well. Headwinds and rough seas have tested all the teams, who still have more than 2000 miles to row. On Calderdale, it was seasickness that finally did in the team of Marcus Thompson and Sally Kettle. Thompson was so hard hit he couldn’t keep anything down. It’s hard to row 18 hours a day without being able to keep food and fluids down. But the real problem for Thompson was that the seasickness prevented him from being able to stomach his…..epilepsy medication. Seizures in a small rowing boat in the middle of the Atlantic. Ummm, maybe not. Kettle says next time she’ll row transatlantic with her mother–which I’m guessing could raise an entirely different set of problems……

Calderdale Cruising: “Blazing Bluebeards, Marcus. You never said we’d run into pirates…..”

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