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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Sport
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Rescued rowers in second attempt to cross Pacific
Two women are due to launch a second attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean later, weeks after having to turn back when their boat broke. Miriam Payne, 25, from Market Weighton in East Yorkshire, and Jess Rowe, 28, from Hampshire, initially set off from Peru on Tuesday 8 April. But they had to be rescued about 350 miles from the coast of Lima, after a wave caused "catastrophic damage" to their rudder. The pair, who call their team "Seas the Day", said they now faced a "race against time" to resume the 8,000-mile (12,875km) journey to Australia before the start of cyclone season. Miss Payne said: "We're just absolutely determined to make it happen. We just want to get back out there again." Following the breakdown, it took eight days for a Peruvian sailor, Alec Hughes, to tow the rowing boat back to Lima. A set of specialist replacement rudders were crafted by a boat yard in Norfolk and flown out to the team. This time, they will take four spare rudders with them on the boat. Miss Rowe said they had been "totally blown away" by the help they had received. The non-stop, unsupported voyage is expected to take six months. "Who knew you'd miss rowing, two hours on, two hours off," Miss Payne said. "We are so lucky that we do have the opportunity to have a second try," Miss Rowe added. The rowers are taking on the challenge to raise money for the Outward Bound Trust, a UK charity that aims to teach children lifelong skills through adventure. The pair previously told the BBC that they met in Antigua at the finish line of the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, in February 2023. On that occasion, Miss Payne set a record time in her solo row, while Miss Rowe completed the challenge in a team of four. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Seas the Day Boatbuilder helps rowers restart Pacific challenge Non-stop ocean row halted after heavy storm damage Rowing duo to set off on Pacific Ocean challenge
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Rescued rowers in second attempt to cross Pacific
Two women are due to launch a second attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean later, weeks after having to turn back when their boat broke. Miriam Payne, 25, from Market Weighton in East Yorkshire, and Jess Rowe, 28, from Hampshire, initially set off from Peru on Tuesday 8 April. But they had to be rescued about 350 miles from the coast of Lima, after a wave caused "catastrophic damage" to their rudder. The pair, who call their team "Seas the Day", said they now faced a "race against time" to resume the 8,000-mile (12,875km) journey to Australia before the start of cyclone season. Miss Payne said: "We're just absolutely determined to make it happen. We just want to get back out there again." Following the breakdown, it took eight days for a Peruvian sailor, Alec Hughes, to tow the rowing boat back to Lima. A set of specialist replacement rudders were crafted by a boat yard in Norfolk and flown out to the team. This time, they will take four spare rudders with them on the boat. Miss Rowe said they had been "totally blown away" by the help they had received. The non-stop, unsupported voyage is expected to take six months. "Who knew you'd miss rowing, two hours on, two hours off," Miss Payne said. "We are so lucky that we do have the opportunity to have a second try," Miss Rowe added. The rowers are taking on the challenge to raise money for the Outward Bound Trust, a UK charity that aims to teach children lifelong skills through adventure. The pair previously told the BBC that they met in Antigua at the finish line of the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, in February 2023. On that occasion, Miss Payne set a record time in her solo row, while Miss Rowe completed the challenge in a team of four. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Seas the Day Boatbuilder helps rowers restart Pacific challenge Non-stop ocean row halted after heavy storm damage Rowing duo to set off on Pacific Ocean challenge
BBC News
05-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Rescued British rowers in second attempt to cross Pacific Ocean
Two women are due to launch a second attempt to row across the Pacific Ocean later, weeks after having to turn back when their boat Payne, 25, from Market Weighton in East Yorkshire, and Jess Rowe, 28, from Hampshire, initially set off from Peru on Tuesday 8 they had to be rescued about 350 miles from the coast of Lima, after a wave caused "catastrophic damage" to their pair, who call their team "Seas the Day", said they now faced a "race against time" to resume the 8,000-mile (12,875km) journey to Australia before the start of cyclone season. Miss Payne said: "We're just absolutely determined to make it happen. We just want to get back out there again."Following the breakdown, it took eight days for a Peruvian sailor, Alec Hughes, to tow the rowing boat back to Lima. A set of specialist replacement rudders were crafted by a boat yard in Norfolk and flown out to the team. This time, they will take four spare rudders with them on the boat. Miss Rowe said they had been "totally blown away" by the help they had received. The non-stop, unsupported voyage is expected to take six months."Who knew you'd miss rowing, two hours on, two hours off," Miss Payne said. "We are so lucky that we do have the opportunity to have a second try," Miss Rowe rowers are taking on the challenge to raise money for the Outward Bound Trust, a UK charity that aims to teach children lifelong skills through adventure. The pair previously told the BBC that they met in Antigua at the finish line of the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, in February 2023. On that occasion, Miss Payne set a record time in her solo row, while Miss Rowe completed the challenge in a team of to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
The Herald Scotland
02-05-2025
- The Herald Scotland
UK women rescued one week into pioneering row across Pacific after rudder breaks
The pair travelled 350km in around seven days before they discovered issues with their rudder and were forced to stay adrift using a parachute anchor to steady the boat while waiting for rescue. Their friend and translator in Peru, Alec Hughes, rescued the duo. He took about a week to reach them before towing their nine metre-long rowing boat named Velocity back to their start point of La Punta in Lima, which took around eight days. The pair met in 2022 in the Canary Islands when they were preparing for The World's Toughest Row (Seas the Day/PA) Despite the setback, the duo remained in good spirits and hope to look back at the experience fondly. 'We definitely didn't expect a broken rudder a week in, that was rather unexpected. But it's part of the journey and I guess we'll look back and have a good laugh about it in the end,' Ms Payne told the PA news agency. Ms Rowe told PA: 'Although it is massively disappointing to have to restart, it's quite cool that we got to spend another three weeks at sea.' Ms Payne described the broken, but recently refurbished, rudder as 'one of these freak things' after it 'completely delaminated and split open', which usually happens after suffering a big impact such as a strong wave. She added the journey back ashore was deliberately slow to ensure the boat remained undamaged. 'One of the worrying things about being on tow is it's not very safe to tow a boat because it can cause a lot of damage,' Ms Payne said. 'Ocean rowing boats go so slow, so it's really hard to find a vessel that will tow at such a slow speed so we went at about three or four knots.' They aimed to eat 5,000 calories a day but were forced to ration their food during their journey back to shore. They ate 1,500 calories per day of their pre-prepared snack packs but the pair said it was a struggle. 'We'd wake up in the morning and we'd both grab a snack pack, and we'd have the munchies for about an hour, and then the snack pack was totally gone,' Ms Rowe said. 'We'd eaten everything and we said, 'Oh, no. What we gonna do for the rest of the day?' 'It was quite tricky when we were under tow because we're going quite fast and we're going upwind. We were getting waves over the top of the boat constantly.' The pair are aiming to raise money for the Outward Bound Trust, a UK-based charity helping children develop lifelong skills through adventure, and they hope their challenge – and setback – will inspire young children to explore the outdoors. 'Hopefully we can inspire more kids to spend more time outdoors and know that if everything does go wrong, don't give up, basically, just keep going,' Ms Rowe said. 'You always learn so much from things going wrong.' Ms Payne added their journey might help to 'instil curiosity back into children' after being in awe of the ocean. Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne will make another attempt at their pioneering row from Peru to Australia despite the setback (Seas the Day/PA) 'When you get out there (at sea) it's a bit like being a child again because you feel a lot more wonder at the world, like everything is amazing,' she said. 'I think the Outbound is incredible because it's kind of instilling that curiosity back into children in a way.' The pair met in 2022 in the Canary Islands when they were preparing for The World's Toughest Row – previously known as the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge – for which they rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. They hope to attempt their challenge again from Monday in a journey expected to take six months to reach Sydney Harbour, in Australia.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Boatbuilder helps rowers restart Pacific challenge
A rural boatbuilder has come to the aid of two women who were forced to postpone their attempt to row from Peru to Australia after part of their boat broke. Miriam Payne, 25, from East Yorkshire, and Jess Rowe, 28, from Hampshire, set off from Peru on 8 April to row 8,000 miles (12,875 km) across the Pacific. Yet they had to return to Lima after rowing 350 miles (563km) when the rudder of their boat, Velocity, snapped in heavy storms. Southgates Boatyard, based in Horning on the Norfolk Broads, heard of the news and worked round the clock to make a replacement after its staff felt "compelled to help". The pair were attempting to be the first crew to row non-stop and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean when their boat's steering went awry and they spent nearly a week adrift. They were eventually towed back to Lima to organise the boat repairs. Specially crafted replacement rudders from Southgates Boatyard will now be flown out to the Peruvian capital to be fitted to the boat. It is hoped the duo will be able to resume their fundraising challenge before 8 May in order to avoid the start of the Pacific's cyclone season. Chris Bunn, Southgates Boatyard manager, said: "When we heard about Jess and Miriam's situation, we felt compelled to help. "It's inspiring to support such an incredible challenge, especially when it's tied to deserving causes like the Outward Bound Trust. "Our entire team is proud to have played a small part in their historic attempt." The Seas the Day team challenge was set up by Ms Payne and Ms Rowe to raise money for the Outward Bound Trust - a UK charity to teach children about adventuring and life skills. Ms Payne said they were "so thankful" to the boatbuilder for its help. "To design and produce specialist rudders in such a short time and arrange for them to be flown out to us in Lima is nothing short of amazing," she said. "Without their help, we wouldn't be able to continue our mission." The pair had been posting daily video diaries on social media, with their journey originally expected to take about six months. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Non-stop ocean row halted after heavy storm damage Rowing duo to set off on Pacific Ocean challenge Rowing trio urge young people to 'get off phones' Seas the Day
