Roseann McGlinchey is the 24-year-old Irish girl who sailed all around the world

Roseann described it as the "best experience" of her life to date.

As we prepare to bid adieu to 2018, lots of us are becoming a little reflective and thinking back on what we have achieved over the course of 12 months, but not too many people could say they circumnavigated the world on a yacht. Yes, at the ripe young age of 24, Donegal native Roseann McGlinchey has achieved the exceptional feat of taking part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. In August 2017, she set sail from Albert Docks in Liverpool and returned almost a year later to the same place. Up until a couple of months before leaving, however, Roseann had no experience on a yacht. The race was something she always wanted to take part in and having successfully gotten through the application process she then had to head to Gosport to learn everything from nautical terminology to what to do if pirates hijacked their boat... and we thought we had problems! via GIPHY Roseann was aboard a 70-foot sailing yacht for the adventure along with 17 other round the world crew members. She told me that each person was tasked with a specific duty that was in keeping with their existing skill set:

"Mary, an intensive care nurse from Ireland was our medic and April a teacher, also from Ireland was our team co-ordinator. My job happened victualling, where I had to take care of all aspects of the food from menu planning, shopping, logistics and storage on board."

This was an aspect of the undertaking that I was very curious about - what did they eat? As good as their delivery service is, surely nautical deliveries are outside of Dominos remit. Unfortunately so, but it seems like treats weren't completely off the menu as Roseann said:

"The most common food we ate on board was rice, pasta and potatoes. In the North Pacific where we had freezing temperatures we needed 5000 calories a day so the crew ate a lot of pot noodles, we even had a fork lift in the Chinese supermarket to get them for us! The crew loved our chocolate that our crew supporter Gerry used to bring from New Zealand and as a treat in really hot conditions we would have surprise ice lollies."

And ladies, if you're thinking of sailing all around the world, just be warned that you can leave the glam squad and technology at home! Phones were disallowed during the race and showers were minimal: