Female / 28 / UK & Canada

I have rowed with Cambridge and Oxford colleges for 6 years as well as having trained with the OUWBC (Oxford university women’s boat club). I can scull moderately well but I am a highly trained sweep rower. I have always sat at stroke or 6 seat.

I was brought up adventuring on Canada’s east coast. I have done multiple long thru-hikes (unsupported) in Canada. I can handle myself in high stress situations with wildlife like grizzlies for example, or when I had hypothermia, when things break and they need to be fixed on the spot, etc. I have gone hiking and camping in Svalbard in the winter. I am good to have around when things go wrong. I will be hiking the PCT alone this year. I am very fit. I cycled and hiked alone around Iceland two years ago, battling gale force winds, snow, sleet, etc and camping the whole way.

I want to do an ocean row because it is the ultimate challenge. I want to have that experience with crewmates, to have that time to reflect on myself and my path, to go through that intense mental and physical journey. I want to have the ultimate adventure and to see the ocean in a way I’ve never seen before and to make lasting friendships. I want to learn the skills needed to row an ocean because I want to attempt the trip solo one day. I want to learn and I want to prove myself.

I can bring my extensive rowing experience to the crew, my brains, my cool head in a crisis, my handiness, my outdoors instincts, my strength. I am a wildlife photographer in my spare time (seabirds and sea creatures - can provide photo proof) and I am good with media. I have done small scale fundraising before for conservation initiatives, but I am very good at it. I am cheerful and I love to sing. I am about to finish my PhD at Oxford and if I got a place on a crew for 2023, I could spend time going to classes for boat fixing, navigation, anything needed really. I just am extremely keen to contribute and to learn.

Email: Isabelle.beaudoin@history.ox.ac.uk