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Tenacity on the Tasman, held at the Odeon Leicester Square. The movie charts the story of Olly Hicks, who at 23 became the first person to row solo from America to England. 
 
His accomplishments include being the only person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean from the USA to England after 124 days at sea as well as the youngest to row any ocean solo (at the time!). 
 
27/05-28/09/2005 
123 days,22h,8min / 6384km /from Atlantic Highlands,NJ,USA to St Mary&#39;s Scilly Isles 
 
boat=Miss Oliver, Virgin Atlantic/ 
later new boat for antarctica=The Flying carrot 
 
http://web.archive.org/web/20110826135242/http://www.kayaksonshetlandbus.com/ 
 
Food Resupply on 12/08/2005 mid-Atlantic from HMS Cumberland - aka the Mighty Sausage! 
 
Olly also made the first row across the Tasman Sea from Tasmania to New Zealand, through 96 days alone on the notoriously wild southern ocean. 
 
Olly has several extreme kayak voyages under his belt including a 200 mile crossing from the Shetland Islands to Norway in memory of the World War Two Shetland Bus Operation. 
 
june 2016 with george ballard: kayak greenland-iceland-scotland.

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Oliver Hicks