First female to row the Pacific Ocean solo (three stages)
Who
Roz Savage
What
first
Where
Papua New Guinea (Madang)
When
British rower Roz Savage is the first woman to cross the Pacific Ocean single-handed, completing her epic journey on board her vessel Brocade in three stages: San Francisco, California, USA, to Waikiki, Hawaii, USA, in 99 days from 25 May to 1 September 2008; Hawaii to Kiribati in 104 days from 24 May to 6 September 2009; Kiribati to Madang, Papua New Guinea, in 46 days from 18 April to 3 June 2010.