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Sally Kettle

Sally Kettle is an ocean rower. In 2003 she attempted to row across the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. She joined her rowing partner, Marcus Thompson, in a 23ft plywood rowing boat, Calderdale. Entered in the Challenge Business Rowing Race they left La Gomera in the Canary Islands on a passage to Barbados. This first attempt was abandoned after six days when Thompson suffered an epileptic seizure. The couple were disqualified from the race.

In January 2004, Sally was joined by her mother, Sarah Kettle, aboard the same boat but in the Ocean Rowing Society Regatta. They were the only women in the race. After 106 days at sea they arrived in Barbados and entered the Guinness Book of Records as the First Mother and Daughter to Row Any Ocean.

In 2005, Sally skippered an all-female crew, Rowgirls, in a larger 30ft carbon kevlar boat, Shelterbox. The team included Claire Mills, Joanna Davies and Sue McMillan. The team had entered the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Race. Poor weather conditions and an accident aboard the boat led to their disqualification. Davies left the boat with a back injury mid ocean, and was taken to Antigua by support yacht Aurora. Shelterbox's rudder was sheared from its pintels. Having created a makeshift rudder system using rope, t-shirts and a plastic water bottle, a shark (type unknown) destroyed the system. The team arrived in Antigua after 77 days at sea.

Sally became the first woman to have rowed the Atlantic Ocean East-West twice.

Sally's Odd at Sea was published in 2007 by Orana Publishing Limited. This company has since gone into liquidation.