An Irishman who is leading the solo class in the World’s Toughest Row – a gruelling 4,800km journey across the Atlantic – has described the ‘amazing’ moment he was cheered on by passengers of a passing cruise ship.
After departing the Canaries on 14 December, Galway businessman Daragh MacLoughlin, 42, had powered through over 4,000km of treacherous seas without seeing another person.
But last week, he spotted the cruise ship Queen Victoria approaching on the horizon.
“I called up the ship because they were approaching a little bit tight and some lady from Cork answered! And she said, ‘do you mind if I pull up alongside, to give the passengers something to…