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on May 31, 2014 in World News

62 yo Russian solo sailor crosses Pacific on rowboat

62 yo Russian solo sailor crosses Pacific on rowboat covering 17,000km in just 162 days World-famous Russian traveller and adventurer Fedor Konyukhov, who has been on a solo-rowing voyage across the Pacific Ocean since December, has reached the Australian coast, completing his adventure in a record 162 days. Konyukhov started his exploit from the Chilean port of Concon on December 22, 2013 and finished in the eastern Australian town of Mooloolaba, in the state of Queensland on May 31, 2014. The traveller wrote in his blog that he covered the distance of more than 17,408km (9,400 nautical miles) on the… View Article

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