WNYC Think Out Loud
Rowing Across the Pacific
June 7, 2019
Jacob Hendrickson pushed off from the coast of Washington last July in a boat made especially for him by a boat builder in Portland. He spent the next 10 months rowing across the Pacific Ocean. He’s now anchored 30 miles off the coast of Australia, waiting for the weather to allow him to complete what will be the longest solo rowing voyage from North America across the Pacific.