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Man completes record row from Washington to Australia
NEAH BAY, Wash. — A former Air Force pilot is on dry land in Australia this morning after setting a record for a solo row across the Pacific Ocean.
Jacob Adoram began his trek at Neah Bay eleven months ago and completed the longest ever, non-stop, unsupported solo ocean row this month.
“It was rowing, sleeping, and eating, and that’s about it,” he says of the journey.
He tells KOIN-TV via Skype that he was amazed by the weather on the open ocean, recounting one particularly intense moment.
“I probably got a 15-20 foot wave that broke directly on to my boat and rolled me 90 degrees . . . it ripped the oars off the side of my boat, cracked the oars, [and] water rushed everywhere,” he says.
Adoram spent years designing and building the 28-foot boat that he rowed more than 7,000 miles across the world largest ocean.
A documentary of his feat is being produced, the trailer of which can be seen below.