Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii

It's kind of buried here, but Kelsey is the fastest human to do this. She beat the male record holder's time by 6 days.

That’s incredible.

What does one eat and drink on a trip like this? The article talks about her cooking. With a fire or one of those little butane stoves?

Can a small canoe carry enough water for a trip like this or do you rely on rain water too?

I used to row and even the tiniest of waves could make it annoying. You'd slide to the front of your seat and try to insert your oar and catch air instead of water. Then if you overcompensated by trying to insert your oar farther in you'd catch a crab (having the oar ripped out of your control). This is on a lake with tiny waves.

Rowing across an entire ocean is absolutely amazing.

I happened upon her via Instagram around day 10 and watched her every day. It was really interesting watching her go through this every day and her authentic posts about what she was feeling. It’s truly great seeing people achieve their goals like this, she is amazing!

Kārlis Bardelis has rowed the Pacific, India and South Atlantic Oceans and cycled everything in-between. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/11/record-bre...

All i think about when people row, kayak or swim these distances in these waters is 'SHARKS'. Which i read and saw enough about that the chances of meeting one isnt that big, but my brain still associates these activities/areas with it.

I wonder what was going on in her life that made her say, "I want to spend the next 43 days rowing alone across the ocean."

There's a good book "The Pacific Alone" about a guy that did this in a kayak

Why do these extreme rowing and sailing boats look so weird

Its always a form factor I’ve never seen before

Where can I learn more about this scene?

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48790512

kelsey still holds the record btw, but yeahh another runner up is insane

great how the article doesn't explain any of the interesting aspects of this