Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean: Rowing the Atlantic
Gleeson, Paul / Holmes, Tori / Gorman, Liam
Two non-rowers take on one of the great challenges: the Atlantic. Holmes, a slight 21-year-old from Alberta. Canada and Gleeson, a 29-year-old from Limerick, met in Australia. Acting on self-belief, they embraced the dream of rowing a tiny boat in the trans-Atlantic race. First they had to learn to row! They were thrown around by huge seas, saw whales and sharks up close and suffered days of thirst when the watermaker broke down. But they pers...