ʻO Antigua a me Barbuda, me kāna hoʻoilina ikaika o ka heihei yacht a me ka moniker ma ke ʻano he Sailing Capital o ka Caribbean, makemake mau i kahi huakaʻi moana maikaʻi. A me ka moʻolelo e kokoke ana e hana ʻia, ʻoi aku ka mākaukau o ka huakaʻi e ʻōwili i ke kaʻa ʻulaʻula e hoʻokipa i ka poʻe hoʻokele hoʻokele Atlantika "Team Antigua Island Girls", i ka wā e holo ai lākou i loko o ka Nelson's Dockyard kaulana a i loko o nā puke moʻolelo e like me ka mea mua loa- hui wahine ʻeleʻele ma ka honua e hoe aku ma ka moana ʻAkelanika, e hoʻopau ana i ka Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge i kēia Jan/Feb.

Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ka lālani paʻakikī loa o ka honua, ʻo ka Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge kahi ʻike holo moana mua e hoʻomaka ana ma La Gomera ma nā mokupuni ʻo Canary. Ma Kekemapa 12 2018, nā hui, he iwakāluakūmāwalu i ka huina, haʻalele i kā lākou huakaʻi wiwo ʻole i ka Moana ʻAkelanika, e hele ana i 3000 mau mile me ka ʻoi aku o 1.5 miliona oar strokes a me ka hiamoe liʻiliʻi, e kiʻi i ko lākou wahi i Antigua. ʻO ka hui mua i hoʻopau i ka Challenge, ʻo 'Dutch Atlantic Four' ua hoʻokipa ʻia i Antigua, me ka hauʻoli nui i ke ahiahi o Ianuali 15, ua hala nā lā he 34 i ka moana.

Ua manaʻo ʻia e hōʻea mai ka hui ʻo Antigua Island Girls: Elvira Bell, Christal Clashing, Samara Emanuel a me Kāpena Kevinia Francis ma hope o kēia mahina, kahi e ʻākoakoa ai ka ʻohana, nā hoaaloha a me ka lehulehu o ka poʻe aloha aloha ma ka Nelson's Dockyard, kahi UNESCO World Heritage Site. e hoʻohauʻoli iā lākou i ko lākou hoe ʻana a hoʻolauleʻa i ka hopena kūleʻa o kā lākou huakaʻi. ʻO Junella King, ka lālā ʻē aʻe a me ka ʻelima o nā Kaikamahine Hui Pū ʻIa Antigua Island, e hālāwai me kona mau hoa hui ma Antigua.

“ʻO ka hoʻoilina moana waiwai o Antigua a me Barbuda, a me ka hoʻonohonoho hoʻokūkū ʻole e hālāwai ai nā mea hoʻokūkū e holo ana i loko o ka Dockyard, e hoʻolilo iā Antigua a me Barbuda i wahi kūpono no kēia hanana. ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka poʻe hoe waʻa, ko lākou ʻohana a me nā hoaaloha i Antigua a me Barbuda no kēia ʻike, "wahi a Antigua a me Barbuda Kuhina no ka mākaʻikaʻi, The Hanohano Charles Fernandez.

"ʻOiai ʻo kēia ke kolu o ka manawa i komo ai kahi hui mai Antigua a me Barbuda i ka Challenge, haʻaheo maoli mākou ʻo ka hui wahine ʻeleʻele mua loa e hoe i ka ʻAkelanika he ʻehā wahine Antiguan wiwo ʻole. Ke aʻa nei ka lāhui holoʻokoʻa i kā mākou mau kaikamahine a ke nānā nui nei mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā lākou i ka home a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka ikaika o nā wahine. He moʻolelo kēia i ka hana ʻana, a he manawa koʻikoʻi loa ia no Antigua a me Barbuda.

Ua ʻike nā kaikamahine ʻo Team Antigua Island Girls i ke aloha kūloko, ʻo Cottage of Hope ma ke ʻano he kumu nui no kā lākou lālani. ʻO ka Cottage of Hope kahi hui waiwai ʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2009 i nā hale a me / a lawelawe paha i nā kaikamahine i hōʻino ʻia, mālama ʻole ʻia a makua ʻole. ʻO ka hale o Hope me ke kōkua o ke kālā i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia e nā Team Antigua Island Girls e hāʻawi aku i nā lawelawe i hoʻonui ʻia i nā wahine ʻōpio i hōʻea i ka makahiki e neʻe ana mai kahi home home i kahi noho i kā lākou iho. E hāʻawi manawaleʻa aku i ke aloha a no ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hui ʻo Antigua Island Girls e hele i: https://www.antiguabarbudaislandgirls.com/donate/=

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And with history about to be made, the destination is more than ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome adventurous Atlantic rowers “Team Antigua Island Girls”, when they row into the historic Nelson's Dockyard and into the record books as the first all-black female team in the world to row across the Atlantic Ocean, completing the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge this Jan/Feb.
“While this is the third time a team from Antigua and Barbuda has entered the Challenge, we are truly proud that the first all-black female team to row the Atlantic is comprised of four courageous Antiguan women.
Elvira Bell, Christal Clashing, Samara Emanuel and Captain Kevinia Francis are expected to arrive later this month, where family, friends and mammoth crowds of well-wishers will gather at the Nelson's Dockyard, a UNESCO World Heritage Site to cheer them on as they row in and celebrate the successful end of their journey.