A student is supposed to have become the youngest person and first woman who rows solo and not supported from mainland Europe to mainland South America.
Zara Lachlan, 21, from Cambridge, left Lagos on October 27 last year on Portuguese Algarve and 97 days later, Frans Guyana reached a trip of 3,600 nautical miles.
Mrs Lachlan, who will come to the army in September as a technical officer, who completed a physics diploma at Loughborough University, conquered a sliced leg, an injured arm and a broken finger, a capsized boat and broken equipment.
She told the PA press agency: 'I found that really difficult last week, because I knew I was close by and it never felt close enough.
'But then it really demolished me, because Frans Guyana is actually very flat, and I didn't see it until I was about five miles offshore.
'And then I was suddenly just here, and it clearly feels nice to be ready.
'Nobody knew I was coming in, but I was clapped by many fishermen from Brazil. I think everyone was just a bit more confused what the hell I was doing. '
Mrs Lachlan arrived in Frans Guyana on 1 February, in a time of 97 days, nine hours and 20 minutes.
Zara Lachlan is supposed to have become the youngest person and first woman who rows solo and not supported from mainland Europe to mainland South America
Lachlan, 21, from Cambridge, left on October 27 last year from Lagos on the Portuguese Algarve
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She said she missed the solo row speed record for the trip with 19 hours.
She wore 800 kg supplies in her boat, including 5,500 kcal in meals and snacks per day.
After a difficult start in which she said they “went around in circles,” said Mrs. Lachlan that she “enjoyed every day, even the really tough.”
She said she had made the screen of her primary phone on day 40, so she listened to music during her trip.
“I rowed 16 hours a day with literally only the sound of the water, which is usually really fun, but sometimes I think my brain can really use a kind of stimulation,” she said during her challenge.
In the meantime, she had an almost miss with a ship that missed her with '0.1 of a mile', and claimed that the ship did not engage his radio.
Mrs Lachlan said: 'I have learned to be a lot easier for myself, because I have always been someone who, especially when it comes to myself, looks at the outcome and the results about the efforts you put in it.
Mrs Lachlan will become a member of the army as a technical officer in September and has completed a physical degree to Loughborough University
After a difficult start in which she said that they “went around in circles,” said Mrs. Lachlan that she “enjoyed every day, even the really tough”
Zara Lachlan (right) arrived in Frans Guyana
Zara Lachlan, 21, left on October 27 from Lagos
The Princess Royal met Zara Lachlan during a military parade at Welbeck Defense Sixth Form College in Leicestershire
Mrs Lachlan (in the front) has been rowing since the age of 16 and learned to sail in yachts and rubber boats last year, but said that she 'does not have much experience with the open water'
'So if you want something, you work hard for it, and if you don't understand, it's because you didn't work hard enough for it.
“But with the weather that you can't control and which you are often not stronger than, I really had to change how I saw progress every day.”
Mrs Lachlan will now go back to the university, where she said she will follow her 'normal rowing training' before she graduates in the summer.
During her challenge, she raised money for the Forces Foundation team, which supports the community of the armed forces through sport and adventure, and the charity roads in sport.
“Thanks to team troops because they were one of the charities for which I collected money, but they were also my biggest sponsor and I could have done nothing without it,” she said.
It comes after Mrs. Lachlan met Princess Anne during a military parade on Welbeck Defense Sixth Form College in Leicestershire last summer.
