Rowing Across Oceans - Not For The Faint Of Heart

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US rower speaks on final day of Atlantic Ocean solo journey from Spain to Antigua​

A 25-year-old woman who has chronicled her solo rowing journey across the Atlantic Ocean has made it to shore 3,000 miles away from her launch point.

Taryn Smith paddled approximately 10 to 12 miles per day after embarking from La Gomera, Spain, 46 days ago. She arrived in the Caribbean along the shores of Antigua on Thursday morning, sharing her celebratory finish on social media and YouTube.

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US rower speaks on final day of Atlantic Ocean solo journey from Spain to Antigua

A 25-year-old woman, Taryn Smith, documented her 3,000 mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean for the World's Toughest Row.

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[Fatrat]

Adventure of a lifetime, not for me though....

 

[Goldhedge]

The currents probably helped her as well...

 

[Cigarlover]

Not your typical rowboat. Looks like she had a sheltered area and place to sleep. Very impressive though. Did she get resupplied along the way or carry everything with her to entire trip?
I wouldn't try it. About 2 hrs in and my back and arms would have given out. After all that rowing she probably has a good strong back. She can come split some firewood for me now.

 

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Did she get resupplied along the way or carry everything with her to entire trip?

Carried her own food.

 

[brosil]

And she still can't find a man.

 

[Fatrat]

And she still can't find a man.

She looking for a good one....

 

[Bottom Feeder]

And she still can't find a man.

I wonder why, she must have a great set of lungs and tremendous pecks.

 

[nickndfl]

She should have used a Mercury outboard.

 

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Stuart Macdonald: The mountain guide who wants to row the Atlantic - Splash247

Twenty years ago, Stuart Macdonald read a book about a middle-aged British man who rowed the Atlantic and then went on to row the Pacific solo. The idea lodged itself in his mind and refused to leave. At the start of next year, he intends to do something about it with the shipping industry today, …

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Oneida County native sets, breaks records in 43-day CA-to-HI solo row​

Kelsey Pfendler, born in Lee Center and raised in Boonville, where she graduated from Adirondack Central School in 2012, became only the third woman, the first American – and youngest - woman to row the mid-Pacific solo course across a swath of the Pacific Ocean from the coast of California to the shores of Hawaii.

According to Governor of the State of Colorado Jared Polis, the 32-year-old rower, now a resident of Colorado, began her voyage from Monterey, CA on May 21, then rowed 2,300 miles to Honolulu, HI, arriving at Magic Island and Ala Wai Boat Harbor just after 9 p.m. on July 3. After traveling for 43 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes, she was welcomed by the cheers of throngs of locals as she rowed toward the Hawaiian shore.

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Youngest woman to solo-row from California to Hawaiʻi​

Jul 7, 2026
Kelsey Pfendler breaks records as the first American and youngest woman to solo-row across the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaiʻi.


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