Across the Savage Sea : The Epic Journey of the First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic

The 2005 Time Magazine Hero of the Year recounts her historic solo journey across the North Atlantic in a twenty-four-foot row boat. Maud Fontenoy has made nautical history numerous times. But before she became the first woman to sail around the world against prevailing currents in 2007, and the first to row across the Pacific—a feat that earned her recognition as a Time Magazine Hero of 2005—she embarked on her first record-setting adventure. In 2003, Maud set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean, alone in a tiny boat, using a pair of oars as her only means of propulsion. What's more, she chose to take the northerly route, where the climate is prone to storms, hurricanes, and strong headwinds. In the past century, only six men had completed such a crossing. Maud would be the first woman ever to do so. In Across the Savage Sea , Maud recounts a journey both far more harrowing than even she had imagined and one full of unexpected wonders. Her extraordinary story continues to inspire. **The 2005 __Time__ Magazine Hero of the Year recounts her historic solo journey across the North Atlantic in a twenty-four-foot row boat.** Maud Fontenoy has made nautical history numerous times. But before she became the first woman to sail around the world against prevailing currents in 2007, and the first to row across the Pacific—a feat that earned her recognition as a Magazine Hero of 2005—she embarked on her first record-setting adventure. In 2003, Maud set out to cross the Atlantic Ocean, alone in a tiny boat, using a pair of oars as her only means of propulsion. What's more, she chose to take the northerly route, where the climate is prone to storms, hurricanes, and strong headwinds. In the past century, only six men had completed such a crossing. Maud would be the first woman ever to do so. In , Maud recounts a journey both far more harrowing than even she had imagined and one full of unexpected wonders. Her extraordinary story continues to inspire. Over the last century only six men had defied the power of nature and successfully rowed across the Atlantic from west to east. Maud Fontenoy, a 2005 Time (Europe) Hero, changed that forever when she became the first woman to do so. In 2003 Fontenoy, a young woman and seasoned mariner, set out from Newfoundland in her twenty-four-foot-long boat, Pilot , to row across the North Atlantic. Her goal: to prove that a woman could do what men once believed to be impossible. It became a journey both far more harrowing than even she had imagined and one full of unexpected wonders. Her extraordinary story continues to inspire. Traces the 2003 journey of the female rower, who crossed the Atlantic in a twenty-four-foot-long boat over the course of one hundred and seventeen days, facing near-freezing water, exhaustion, sharks, dangerous weather, and capsizings. In June 2003, the author, a young woman and seasoned mariner, set out from Newfoundland in her 24-foot-long boat, Pilot, to row across the North Atlantic. This title describes her journey across the savage sea.