Show Notes
Seas The Day Ocean Rowing Team – Historic Pacific Crossing (2025)
In 2025, the Seas The Day Rowing Team made history when adventurers Miriam Payne and Jess Rowe became the first all-female team ever to row non-stop and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean. Navigating over 8,200 nautical miles from Lima, Peru to Cairns, Australia in their 9-metre boat named Velocity, Seas The Day not only broke records but raised money for The Outward Bound Trust.
Spending 165 days at sea, they battled massive swells, brutal weather, equipment failures, sleep deprivation, and isolation while rowing in shift rotations up to 15 hours a day, and surviving on just a few basic comforts and raw determination.
To buy Seas The Day merchandise or make donations for their cause, please visit https://www.seasthedayoceanrowing.com.
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*No compensation or remuneration of any kind was paid to Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs and Rich Napolitano for Ms. Rowe's and Ms. Payne's participation in this episode.
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Original theme music by Sean Sigfried.
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