Pacific rower, Natalia Cohen, will inspire you to seek more, do more and be more. One member of the Coxless Crew – a team of 6 super adventurous women who rowed 9000 miles across the Pacific Ocean in a 29ft boat called Doris, Natalia oozes positivity, enthusiasm and tenacity. Skills which were thoroughly tested when the planned 6 month voyage became 9 months due to unforeseen technical difficulties and petulant weather.

Hear Natalia enthusiastically describe her magnificent voyage, how she cultivated the mental strength & resilience needed to spend 9 months at sea, how she overcame difficulties with team-mates, what she enjoyed most about being so isolated from land and society, and why she feels we all have our own Pacific Ocean to cross.

Topics Discussed

• What circumstances in Natalia’s life prompted the Pacific row.
• Why having no previous rowing experience didn’t faze Natalia.
• The objectives of the Pacific row.
• Doris – the 7th team member.
• How Natalia felt first stepping aboard Doris & why she didn’t want her family present.
• On coping with fear, especially when swimming!
• A typical day at sea.
• PES (performance enhancing strategies) practised aboard.
• Food, drinks and toilet arrangements!
• Team dynamics.
• Applying lessons learned at sea to daily life.
• The benefits of discovering people’s ‘hot buttons’.
• Coping with the frustrations of things not going to plan.
• The highlights of the voyage.
• The two Guinness World Records.
• The people who inspire Natalia.
• How she felt once the challenge was complete.