First person to row across the South Pacific Ocean (west to east)

First person to row across the South Pacific Ocean (west to east)
Who
Fyodor Konyukhov
What
First
Where
Not Applicable
When
02 May 2019 BC

Between 6 December 2018 and 9 May 2019, Russian explorer Fyodor Konyukhov rowed from Port Chalmers in New Zealand to the Diego Ramírez Islands off Chile. He covered 4,036 nautical miles (7,475 km; 4,644 miles) in 154 days 13 hr 37 min. At the start of his trip, Konyukhov (b. 12 Dec 1951) was aged 66 years 359 days – the oldest person to row solo across the Pacific.

Fyodor Konyukhov rowed on board Akros.