First person to row across the Indian Ocean from Asia to Africa

First person to row across the Indian Ocean from Asia to Africa
Who
Karlis Bardelis
What
First
Where
Somalia (Baraawe)
When
20 June 2022

The first person to row across the Indian Ocean from Asia to Africa was Karlis Bardelis (Latvia), who rowed 3383 nautical miles from Kuala Perlis, Malaysia to Baraawe, Somalia in 155 days, 11 hours, 3 minutes, on 20 June 2022 on board Linda.

He rowed solo for most of the trip except between Galle, Sri Lanka and Hulhumale, Maldives which was rowed as a pair for 415 nautical miles with Dimitri Kieffer (France) for 9 days 22 hours and 18 minutes