Mylène Paquette - A Very Brave Woman

After 129 days at sea in her seven-metre rowboat Hermel, at 11:09 a.m. local time on 12 November, Mylène Paquette arrived to her destination Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly, Lorient, in France. Hermel had then carried her almost 2,700 nautical miles (5,000 kilometres) across the Atlantic from Halifax, Canada, to the French northwest coast. Mylène, from Montreal, is the first North American woman to solo row across the Atlantic.

Hélène Rémond wrote about this brave woman, who, believe it or not, has aquaphobia (fear of water), on 2 October on HTBS. During her four-month voyage on the Atlantic Ocean, her boat capsized several times and she saw enormous waves crashing over her boat while she locked herself in the small cabin of the boat. At one point she spent almost six days strapped to her bed, she told an interviewer for the blog C.G. Compass. After living in these cramped conditions, Mylène had problems walking on land when she reached France.

Read the whole article in C.G. Compass here.

Here is a short video clip (in French) when Mylène arrived at Lorient:



Thanks to Hélène who pointed us in the direction of the C.G. Compass blog.

Mylène Paquette on a Solo Row Across the Atlantic

Mylène Paquette is rowing across the Atlantic from Canada to France. Photo: Patrick Mével.

Hélène Rémond writes from France about the Ocean rower Mylène Paquette, who is right now in the middle of the Atlantic, solo rowing from West to East:

Canadian Mylène Paquette is aiming at becoming the first North American woman to row solo across the Atlantic from Canada to France, a distance of 2,700 miles (5,000 km). She departed on 6 July, 2013, from Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, Halifax, Canada, and her arrival location is Cité de la Voile Éric Tabarly, Lorient, Brittany, France.

Mylène spends her days rowing while observing the environment to later testify the presence of the marine fauna and the essential interdependence between humans and the Ocean. Mylene wishes to become a credible environmental spokesperson.

Photo: Shaun Lowe

On 30 September she was half-way to France. You can follow her through her blog:

in French at http://www.mylenepaquette.com
in English at http://www.mylenepaquette.com/en/

She also shares her adventure with the public through social media, posting photos, videos, blogs in addition to other media interventions.

Follow her on Twitter or Facebook as well as other social media presented on her blog.

Bonne chance pour le voyage!