It took the 21-year-old 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
A British woman has become the youngest woman to ever row solo across the ocean by completing a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic.
Jasmine Harrison, 21, was inspired to take part in the challenge after seeing a similar race in 2018, she wrote on Twitter. At the time, she was teaching swimming in the Caribbean and “decided she wanted to do it right there.”
This year, 21 boats from around the world took part in the challenge, including some solo rowers and others with teams of up to four rowers, according to Atlantic Campaigns, which hosts the “The World’s Toughest Row” competition.
Harrison began in Spain’s Canary Islands on December 12 and arrived in Antigua on Saturday – 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes, according to Atlantic Campaigns.
The organization provided regular updates on Harrison’s whereabouts. She accomplished the feat by sleeping and rowing every two hours.
Harrison also posted weekly updates to her Instagram page, sharing adventures such as when she encountered a striped marlin and rowed through a patch of water covered in seaweed.
Harrison experienced a setback on Thursday when, with about 100 miles to go, her boat capsized, according to Atlantic Campaigns. At the time, she also informed her safety officer that she had injured her left elbow, and the race doctor went over the injury with her over the phone, the organization reported.
Hours later, Harrison told the race doctor that she was “much happier and calmer,” working through the pain, and would be able to finish the race unaided.
“Rowing an ocean is not over until you safely step ashore, the risks remain everywhere and there is no time to relax,” the organization said in a statement at the time.
As he approached land, Harrison held up smoke signals in each hand, with a British flag flying ashore.
When asked by journalists what was the first thing she wanted when entering the country, she replied, “Food. Absolute food.”
Harrison’s adventures also raised more than $ 14,000 for the emergency relief NGO Shelterbox.
Before Harrison, the youngest woman to row across the ocean was American Katie Spotz, who crossed the Atlantic from east to west in 2010 at the age of 22.
Christine Theodorou of ABC News contributed to this report.