rowing

Years ago, an unhappy and out of shape Roz Savage was working in an office in the UK, wondering what she was doing with her life.  She decided she needed to make a change.  So, she sat down at her desk and wrote up her own obituary - actually two, in fact.  The first was the obituary for the life she was leading then, the second for the life she wanted to live - a life that was worth living.  In that moment, Roz Savage decided to step out of the realm of the average office worker, and into a life of adventure.

Honolulu, US - In spite of the adversity, or should we say adversities, Roz Savage has rowed the Eastern Pacific from San Francisco to Hawaii. 99 days, 2900 miles, and many, many pulls on the oars after leaving the Golden Gate, Roz crossed her chosen line at around 0900 local time yesterday. While this row is an amazing achievement, Roz is only part way to her goal. This is just the first leg of her much longer trip to

Crossing the Atlantic Part 2 - Second Half of the Altantic Rowing Race

Written by Lin and Rachel at sea:

"Just a very brief blog today to tell you all that we’re so excited today and have cause to celebrate again. A quick text message to Tony at HQ gave us the confirmation that at 09:00hrs this morning we had rowed 1,286 n/miles from the start and have 1,284 n/miles left to get to the finish.

Rachel Smith and Lin Griesel have set off to set a new world rowing record. The ex-work colleagues plan to beat the current world record for crossing the Atlantic set by Becky Thorpe and Steph Temperton in 2006 (71 days, 22 hours and 24 minutes). Their plan to gain maximum advantage? Row naked!