Rowing crew completes journey from San Francisco to Honolulu in reported report time
According to Lat 35 Racing, it took the team of four 30 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes to complete the trip. The team’s performance surpasses the previous Guinness world record according to the Great Pacific Race by almost nine days. The 2,400 nautical mile race is one of the toughest in the world, according to the race’s website. Teams of two or four compete against each other in identical, self-supporting boats.
Jason Caldwell, Angus Collins, Duncan Roy and Jordan Shuttleworth of Lat 35 arrived in Honolulu Wednesday after setting sail from San Francisco on May 31.
Caldwell, the team’s captain, told CNN subsidiary KITV that members can begin the journey by taking turns rowing.
“To keep the boat moving 24 hours a day, row for two hours, two hours, 24 hours a day throughout the crossing, so that you as an individual are responsible for rowing 12 hours a day.” he said.
“There was something special about this boat and I will spend the rest of my life not describing it to others,” Caldwell wrote on Instagram. However, the race took its toll. The team was weighed before and after the race. And although the team was consuming 5,000 calories a day, the team lost a combined 76.3 pounds, or 34.6 kilograms, according to a Facebook post from the race.
KITV reported that the team planned to spend several days on the islands before returning home.
