Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
1–10 of 41 posts
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#2What a disconnected piece of writing. It's like every paragraph is it's own separate topic, with topics alternating between different paragraphs.
Super cool achievement, regardless.
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#3Incredible achievement. I'd love to read a bit about their communications. I noticed their rowboat had a bunch of solar panels on it.
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#4"You can take all the boys and the girls in the world
I wouldn't trade them this morning for my sweet Ocean Cloud
I've seen too much of life
So the sea is my wife and a sweet Ocean Cloud is a mistress I'm allowed"
Ocean Cloud by Marillion, written about a solo rower who crossed the Atlantic.
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#5> three Scottish brothers have set a new world record by completing the first and fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean...
> The previous record of 159 days had been set in 2014 by Russian rower Fedor Konyukhov.
Um, if they are the first to do it, how can there be a previous record? I guess the Konukhov trip was "supported"? Or not "full"?
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#6I’ve rowed a marathon ( several, actually) on a concept 2. I’d even say I’m pretty suited to long distance rowing, since I usually don’t drink or eat while doing a marathon.
That said, the idea of going much longer than that — like an eight hour shift, or even two four hour shifts in a day, day after day… that’s insane.
And that doesn’t even begin to account for the difference between the erg and ocean rowing. Double insane.
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#7So many practical questions about how this worked. Sleeping, food/water (cooking the fish, seasonings?, did they have stretches where they failed to catch anything), boredom - did they have a radio/podcast library, how much rowing per day, how are the bowels after five months of hardtack and fish, how does your skin handle constant saltwater exposure without showering, etc
Also - I want to see a before photo. They all look pretty slim, but I imagine anyone would after five months of rowing and eating nothing but vitamins and fish.
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#8> three Scottish brothers have set a new world record by completing the first and fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean... > The previous record of 159 days had been set in 2014 by Russian rower Fedor Konyukhov. Um, if they are the first to do it, how can there be a previous record? I guess the Konukhov trip was "supported"? Or not "full"?
I also found it confusing, the way I ended up interpreting it: they are the first unsupported team, and was also unsupported but did it solo.
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#9I am confused. How can they be the first when there is an existing record? So fastest time but not first? An absolutely awe inspiring accomplishment!
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#10I am confused. How can they be the first when there is an existing record? So fastest time but not first? An absolutely awe inspiring accomplishment!
I think it’s the first unsupported team. Where someone else did an (unsupported?) solo trip.