"It's like running a marathon every day for a month"
- Previn Chandaratna, rowing coach at UCLA
Worlds Toughest Row
An extreme endurance race where individuals from across the globe gather annually to test themselves against Mother Nature and compete to row thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean.
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Sleep deprivation, hallucinations, hunger and the ultimate test of body and mind will be balanced by sighting incredible marine life, witnessing the breaking of a new day and sun sets that cannot be viewed from land. Camaraderie, achievement, self-discovery and pride will be among the many experiences delivered by rowing across an ocean.
Race Facts
As a relatively new and untouched route, the Pacific challenge offers new adventures, new World Records and once in a lifetime experiences.
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The Pacific Ocean is the World’s deepest ocean.
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Just 82 people in 33 boats have successfully rowed to one of the Hawaiian islands from mainland USA.
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The word Pacific means ‘peaceful’.
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The first person to row the Pacific was Patrick Quesnel in 1976.
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The Pacific ocean shrinks by 2cm each year due to the movement of tectonic plates. This means that the Atlantic ocean increases by 2cm each year!
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Of the 33 crews to have completed the voyage, 11 were all female, 18 all male and just 4 mixed gender.
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75% of the World’s volcanos are situated in the Pacific ocean basin which is called ‘The Ring of Fire’.
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The longest anyone has taken to row this route was Peter Bird who took 147 days.
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The fastest female team to row this route was Latitude 35 who completed the row in 34 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes.
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The average crossing time for all crew sizes is 62 days.
World Record Highlights
Fastest All Male Four
Fastest All Female Four
Team Kiwi Fondue (2023) was the fastest all male four to row the Mid-Pacific route East to West (Open Class).
Record: 29 days 17 hours 29 minutes
Team Latitude 35 (2022) was the fastest all female four to row the Mid-Pacific route East to West (Open Class).
Record: 34 days 14 hours 20 minutes
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