Debra Searle

Debra Searle
Debra Searle MVO, MBE photo by Hayley Barnard
Personal information
Full nameDebra Searle MVO MBE
NationalityBritish
Born (1975-07-08) 8 July 1975 (age 49)
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Websitewww.debrasearle.com

Debra Louise Searle MVO MBE (born 8 July 1975), née Newbury, later Veal, is a British adventurer, businesswoman, author and keynote speaker. Searle is famous for having rowed across the Atlantic alone after her then husband and rowing partner, Andrew Veal, was rescued from their plywood rowing boat.[1]

  1. ^ "Rower completes Atlantic crossing". BBC News. 26 January 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2011.