Two English women are close to accomplishing the same feat. https://www.seasthedayoceanrowing.com/
That’s a strong pun: seas the day.
Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
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#32I’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…
After about 45 minutes of rowing on the C2 I don't register that I am exerting myself anymore. I could probably go all day if the boredom wasn't so intense. The danger of the open sea would help a lot with this.
Wow, and I thought I was suited to long distance :-) I definitely tend to row longer -- from 5Ks to an hour -- but I can't say I don't feel it.
Sanity-checking: what pace are you setting? Or: what distance are you covering in 45 minutes? The Concept2 has almost no floor, so it's possible you almost aren't exerting yourself.
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After about 45 minutes of rowing on the C2 I don't register that I am exerting myself anymore. I could probably go all day if the boredom wasn't so intense. The danger of the open sea would help a lot with this.
Can you not listen to an audiobook? It's done wonders for my driving boredom.
When I go longer I set up a laptop beside me and watch something. It does require wireless headphones, or a long cord, since you're going back and forth through 3-5 feet.
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After about 45 minutes of rowing on the C2 I don't register that I am exerting myself anymore. I could probably go all day if the boredom wasn't so intense. The danger of the open sea would help a lot with this.
Wow, and I thought I was suited to long distance :-) I definitely tend to row longer -- from 5Ks to an hour -- but I can't say I don't feel it. Sanity-checking: what pace are you setting? Or: what distance are you covering in 45 minutes? The Concept2 has almost no floor, so it's possible you almost aren't exerting yourself.
I can do 10k in 45 minutes but I wouldn't be able to sustain this all day. If I reduce the intensity by 20~30%, I could go indefinitely.
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After about 45 minutes of rowing on the C2 I don't register that I am exerting myself anymore. I could probably go all day if the boredom wasn't so intense. The danger of the open sea would help a lot with this.
Can you not listen to an audiobook? It's done wonders for my driving boredom.
I usually watch cab ride videos of European trains on youtube while I am rowing.
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At the bottom of the article there are links to two related articles from before they started out and when they were halfway through. They answer many of your questions. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-22/scottish-maclean-brot... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/scottish-maclean-brot...
Pretty interesting stuff. I'm a bit surprised with the food choices, although to be fair they didn't elaborate too much. But just freeze dried and store-bought foods? And they were talking about eating it cold! Someone needs to show them MREs and flameless ration heaters!
It appears that space was at an extreme premium - and remember, if they rowed, weight matters as well. MREs work in an environment where you have trucks (or planes) dropping off pallets of them on the regular, not where you need to bring 6 months of them along on something you are moving under your own power.
Long distance ultra light hikers and expedition type folks tend to bring freeze dried food (either way they can’t carry enough water so need to figure that out). Vitamins to avoid any weird effects from missing nutrients from ‘found food’ was also a good idea.
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Can you not listen to an audiobook? It's done wonders for my driving boredom.
I usually watch cab ride videos of European trains on youtube while I am rowing.
This is a new one to me. Is there audio of the outdoors or the cabin car? Are these urban trains or more long distance rural vistas?
Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I usually watch cab ride videos of European trains on youtube while I am rowing.
This is a new one to me. Is there audio of the outdoors or the cabin car? Are these urban trains or more long distance rural vistas?
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#39Re: Scottish brothers finish mammoth row across Pacific Ocean after 139 days
#40For a second I read "row" as in argument rather than boat/oars and my brain went straight to this: https://spookyscotland.net/benandonner/ Absolutely incredible achievement.
I envisioned one of those cartoon fight clouds with the occasional fist or foot sticking out of it on the deck of a ship.