Team Antigua Island Girls conquer the Pacific The trio of Christal Clashing, Samara Emmanuel and Kevinia Francis became the first Black female team and the first Caribbean team to row across the Pacific Ocean
The trio of Christal Clashing, Samara Emmanuel and Kevinia Francis became the first Black female team and the first Caribbean team to row across the Pacific OceanWHEN TEAM Antigua Island Girls reached the finish line of the World’s Toughest Row – Pacific in Kauai, Hawaii in June, theirs was a journey of more than 2,800 nautical miles, starting in Monterey Bay, California and 41 days, 7 hours and 5 minutes at sea.
Sometimes, sisterhood and unity can be buzzwords, but I want to say that out there in the most dangerous ocean, my sisters, my teammates, proved this again and againThe race organizers informed the team that they would tow the boat into the bay – an option that the team would not consider. The Antiguans dug deeper and deeper still, weary after more than 40 days at sea and what they would soon come to learn was the muscle breakdown of more than 1000% .
Then, just as the team began gathering momentum, Christal, who is open with her Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder diagnosis, began having episodes that included serious hallucinations, leading to potentially row-ending episodes. She added: “We always row with music to boost our energy. That day, we turned up the Soca, particularly the ones from home. Christal had a gospel song,“We called on everything within us, and we just rowed and rowed for 14 hours straight. Even when we couldn’t move south and didn’t know how we were going to beat the weather, we knew we the conditions were not going to beat us.”
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