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53, set off from San Francisco on 1 June and rowed for an average of 15 hours a day. Arrived Cairns 27/12/2015.
after 209 days at sea.
The first person to complete this feat was Peter Bird, in 1983.
He also set off from San Francisco and came within reach of the Great Barrier Reef before being rescued by the Australian navy, after 294 days at sea.
Correction, 28 December: This story was changed to reflect the fact that Peter Bird had completed the first non-stop solo row on this route. http://solopacificrow.com/
Failed attempt to hawai in 2014.
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Started in 2011, January 2012 I completed a solo Atlantic crossing in a ocean rowing boat, 53 days at sea Canaries to Barbados in 53 days. I leave on June 1st 2015 from San Francisco to Australia.
https://my.yb.tl/johnbeeden/map-only/
quickest non-stop solo row across the Pacific from North America to Australia.
There have been some nine successful rows across the Pacific Ocean.
Some of those crossings were completed in stages while others left from South America, rather than from North America as Mr Beeden did.
John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook crossed the Pacific in 1971-72, leaving San Francisco and arriving at Hayman Island in Australia.
They became the first people to cross the Pacific and Ms Cook became the first woman to cross any ocean. They stopped along the way.