Zara Lachlan, 21, from Cambridge, set off from Lagos on the Portuguese Algarve on Sunday morning, aiming to row 3,600 nautical miles to French Guiana in a journey which it is estimated will take around 90 days.Ms Lachlan, who will join the Army in September as a technical officer having completed a physics degree at Loughborough University, hopes to inspire more women to get active.

Zara Lachlan, 21, from Cambridge, set off from Lagos on the Portuguese Algarve on Sunday morning, aiming to row 3,600 nautical miles to French Guiana in a journey which it is estimated will take around 90 days.Ms Lachlan, who will join the Army in September as a technical officer having completed a physics degree at Loughborough University, hopes to inspire more women to get active.