She is attempting the World’s Toughest Row challenge alone and said there have been fewer than 25 women who have rowed across an ocean solo.
She described the solitude as “unsettling” but is able to receive Whatsapp messages from friends and family.
She said: “This will be my first Christmas on my own so it will be a bit hard hard but I’m choosing to do this.
“But I’ve got lots of letters and small presents and Christmas cards and I’ve taken a lot of Christmas playlists.
“I also have mince pies and some mulled wine.”
Ms Prasad said the weather has been “quite stormy and rough” since she set off but is hopeful it will improve in the next few weeks.
She started training for the 3,000-mile crossing four years ago.
“I never came from a nautical or sailing or rowing background so it’s something I have had to learn,” Ms Prasad said.
She is using a specially-built 25ft ocean rowing boat and has to know her vessel “inside out”.
Born in Bengaluru, India, Ms Prasad moved to the UK with her family when she was five and has always had a passion for exercise, the outdoors and adventure.
