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Times
2 days ago
- Times
British businessman becomes oldest person to row the Pacific
We've all longed to drop a dress size or lose the belly weeks before a beach holiday, but the way Kevin Gaskell lost 10kg in a month makes you realise a few extra sit ups and less crisps might not cut it. Gaskell, at the age of 66, lost more than a stone and a half in weight while becoming the oldest person to row the Pacific ocean, completing a gruelling 2,800-nautical-mile journey from Monterey, California, to the Hawaiian island of Kauai on July 8. He did it as part of the fastest five-man crew to complete the route, crossing the lonely expanse in 32 days, six hours and 51 minutes — breaking the previous record of 51 days. The British businessman, a former managing director of Porsche, Lamborghini and BMW in the UK, was competing in the World's Toughest Row with four crew mates almost half his age, including his son, Matt, 34.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Father and son rowing from San Francisco to Hawaii nearing finish line
(KRON) — A father and son team rowing 2,400 nautical miles from San Francisco to Hawaii are nearing the Port of Hilo and could complete their journey by tomorrow, a map tracking their journey shows. Atlanta man Tim Crockett and his son Harrison Crockett left San Francisco Bay in their 24-foot row boat, 'The Kraken,' on June 3. According to their Instagram account, the Crocketts are now hours away from reaching Hawaii. 'We're hoping the team will land late morning, lunchtime (local Hawaii time) tomorrow!' the family posted on their social media account Saturday. 'Get ready for tears!' SF museum slashes 5% of staff following declining attendance The pair are completing the journey to raise awareness for veterans' mental health issues, their website states. They've also hoping to set a world record for the fastest row across the Mid-Pacific route by a father and son team. 'Our aim [is] to use this Pacific row to launch a greater initiative, 'Row to Recovery,' an initiative that will inspire and empower people to support those veterans that need help in conquering their own personal Kraken,' the website reads. 'To bolster this mission, the team has partnered with organizations that align with that mission and throughout the campaign, the team will raise funds and awareness to benefit our charitable partners. All profits will support organizations to advance this mission.' Six sports cars busted for racing at speeds faster than 100 mph in San Francisco: CHP KRON4 will update this story when the Crocketts reach their destination. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
CBS News
3 days ago
- Sport
- CBS News
Young rowers take to the Schuylkill River for the Philadelphia Youth Regatta
Over 1,200 athletes will be in the City of Brotherly Love competing in the Philadelphia Youth Regatta along the Schuylkill River on Saturday. The Philadelphia Youth Regatta is billed as the largest one-day sprint regatta in the U.S., bringing together middle and high school athletes from several states along the East Coast who are all part of different rowing clubs. More than 620 boats will race across 39 events during the regatta. Fans of the sports can witness all the action as the entire day is free to the public. Spectators can watch from the grandstands on Kelly Drive. Then a medal ceremony will take place at Regatta Headquarters next to the Gillin Boathouse. The Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, the longtime governing body of Boathouse Row, is hosting the event. "It has produced Olympians, like Jack Kelly – Kelly Drive – and it is also one of the producers of national team athletes across the country," said Schuylkill Navy Treasurer Joe Kieffer, when asked about the magic of competing in Philadelphia. The regatta caps off the Schuylkill Navy Series presented by Toyota. It's a five-part lineup that not only celebrates rowing in Philadelphia but also works to make the sport more accessible and inclusive for everyone. Rowers hit the water at 8 a.m. and the action continues until 5:30 p.m.
CBS News
4 days ago
- Sport
- CBS News
Ford Lake's new rowing course hosts one of the sport's biggest national events
Some of the best rowers in the country are all gathering in Washtenaw County, Michigan, for one of the largest community rowing events in the United States. Rowfest kicked off on July 12 and continues through July 20. The national competition makes its first trip to Ford Lake in Ypsilanti, and it likely won't be the last. All boats were in the water at Ford Lake at some point in the past week, or will race at some point during the weekend, thanks to the community investment in this new championship-level course. It now joins just a handful of other courses that can accommodate this many races over this many days at this level of competition. "We want to bring sporting tournaments and events to Washtenaw County," said Ann Arbor Sports Commission Director Meaghan Hughes. If you build it, they will come, and that's exactly what the Ann Arbor Sports Commission, Eastern Michigan University, and Ypsilanti Township pulled off at Ford Lake. "We've been hearing amazing feedback and are already hearing that people are talking about this premier rowing course. Now we are the talk of the rowing world and can continue bringing large rowing events like this to Washtenaw County," Hughes said. Highes says this championship-level rowing course isn't only the first in Michigan, but it's also only one of 13 in the entire country, a big selling point not only in their bid for future junior and masters championships, but also for potential NCAA events. "It's so rare in the United States to have a venue that has an eight-lane course and tons of room to warm up and cool down. The space is amazing," said U.S. Rowing Communications Director Gail Zaharek. Zaharek also says you don't get a course of this caliber without a community that wants to see rowing thrive here. "To find a community that's willing to invest like that in the sport is hugely helpful, and we're so grateful," she said. U.S. Rowing says the course's distance from the airport and places to stay, eat, and relax during downtime also makes this a location that will attract rowers from across the country. It's also a big reason why we're seeing states like Colorado, Florida, Connecticut, and Illinois represented in this event. It's also an opportunity for new rowers to be introduced to the sport through U.S. Rowing's learn-to-row programs.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
British women rowing across Pacific Ocean reach halfway point
Two British women are halfway through an epic, 8,000-mile challenge to row across the Pacific Payne, 25, from East Yorkshire, and Jess Rowe, 28, from Hampshire, set off from Peru on 5 May after an earlier attempt failed when their boat broke in rough seas and they had to be rescued by a Payne's father, Christopher, said they were about 4,000 miles (6,500 km) away from their target of Australia and had about 12 weeks to pair had seen "a fantastic amount of wildlife, whales, dolphins, flying fish hitting them in the face", and were regularly stung by jellyfish when cleaning the hull, he added. "They've seen nothing on the ocean in the way of boats, nobody," Mr Payne told BBC Radio pair, who call their team Seas the Day, faced a "race against time" to cross the ocean before the start of cyclone season after their rudder broke during an initial attempt at the beginning of had to be rescued about 350 miles from the coast of Lima and towed back to shore. A Norfolk-based boat builder then worked around the clock to make a replacement Payne, from Market Weighton, started rowing when she was at university in Glasgow and completed a solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in met Miss Rowe in Antigua at the finish line of the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge, in February of that year. Mr Payne said the Pacific challenge had taken three years to plan and there was a team of people in the UK supporting the two rowers."They've met the challenge incredibly well because they've had a lot of setbacks," he said."They obviously broke the rudder and had to come back, they've got electrical problems, they got water-maker problems so it's make do and mend."They'll get through it."The rowers are raising money for the Outward Bound Trust 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. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices.
