Further delays for Jersey girls in Atlantic challenge

Tuesday 29th December 2009, 2:58PM GMT.

The four Jersey-based rowers have spent Christmas – and the last month – in the Canary Islands waiting for their transatlantic challenge to begin. Picture: Mike Etienne

A TEAM of four women who have been delayed for almost a month from rowing across the Atlantic have spent Christmas sleeping on their boat in the Canary Islands.

The Atlantic Waterbabes, who include three Jersey rowers, were supposed to start their 3,000 mile trans-Atlantic challenge at the start of December.

But bad weather and a lack of rescue flares have left Karen Radband, Sarah Medland, Kiley Trehorel-Daly, all from Jersey, and Jo Langmead from the UK, stuck in the Canary Islands as they wait for the Woodvale Challenge Atlantic Rowing Race to begin.

They have been in San Sebastián since November getting ready for the race.
Poor weather conditions have put the start date back a number of times and now they have been told there is a ‘wave swell’ in the wrong direction.

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