Victoria Evans breaks world record for fastest female solo row across the Atlantic Ocean after 'intense' trip

By Ben Church, CNN Video produced by Amy Li, CNN

Updated 0842 GMT (1642 HKT) April 5, 2022

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(CNN)With nothing but her small boat for company, British lawyer Victoria Evans battled high winds, big waves and sleep deprivation to record the fastest female solo row across the Atlantic Ocean.

After setting off from Tenerife, Spain, on February 11, the 35-year-old covered 4,740 kilometers in 40 days and 19 hours before finally reaching land in Barbados. Despite experiencing extreme conditions and encountering multiple problems along the way, Evans broke the previous world record by over eight days. «It was much harder than I expected,» she told CNN Sport. «Not physically, but in terms of the conditions.»I got probably the strongest kind of wind you can get out on the Atlantic for a very prolonged period and the resilience