Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

yieldcrv wrote: post #5

Why do these extreme rowing and sailing boats look so weird Its always a form factor I’ve never seen before Where can I learn more about this scene?

It’s an ocean-going row boat with 2 cabins. Most row boats you’ve seen are probably hyper-light and designed for still water.

The model of this boat:

https://www.rannochadventure.com/boats-2/r25

Re: Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

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Post by drsalt » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 5:36 PM UTC

rsstack wrote: post #3

drsalt wrote: post #2

great how the article doesn't explain any of the interesting aspects of this

Her rowboat is fascinating: https://yourowkelsey.com/ https://yourowkelsey.com/about/

then write about it in the article

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Post by vmg12 » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

I used to row and even the tiniest of waves could make it annoying. You'd slide to the front of your seat and try to insert your oar and catch air instead of water. Then if you overcompensated by trying to insert your oar farther in you'd catch a crab (having the oar ripped out of your control). This is on a lake with tiny waves.

Rowing across an entire ocean is absolutely amazing.

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Post by CharlesW » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC

It's kind of buried here, but Kelsey is the fastest human to do this. She beat the male record holder's time by 6 days.