Hi, I'm Mel and I will be rowing The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge in December 2023.

A challenge that will take me more than 3000 Nautical Miles west from San Sebastian in La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain (28oN 18oW) to Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua & Barbuda (17oN 61oW).

I have been working as a hand therapist for over 22 years and I am extremely passionate about this specialised profession, hence my team’s name and the charity that I chose:

Stichting Interplast Holland and Interplast Switzerland.

I have been part of a few surgical missions in Africa which has been an incredible experience on so many different levels.
A total eye-opener that there is still so much we can do to reach out.
Interplast shares medical knowledge, treatment, and experience with under-resourced communities around the world.
Hand surgery and subsequently hand therapy is a big part of this.

Please, visit my website for more information.