An Irish woman has reached land after sailing across the Atlantic solo as part of a “low-technology” race.
At around 6pm, Dubliner Gráinne Costigan had “just finished” the Mini Transat 2025 competition which took her from France to Guadeloupe in the Caribbean via the Canary Islands, her mother Gerardine Costigan confirmed.
While approaching land, Gráinne danced a jig from inside her boat.
Gráinne Costigan is the first Irish woman to make the crossing in the Mini Transat 6.5, a six and a half metre boat.
However, even she is “reluctant” to say she is the first Irish woman to sail the Atlantic solo as she is not sure, explained her sister Mea
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