Team Wild Waves shatters world record!

  • Team Wild Waves Shatter World Record

Team Wild Waves powered by West Peak – BCorp has shattered the world record!

This morning they made history by completing the World’s Toughest Row across the Pacific Ocean in an astounding 37 days, 11 hours, and 43 minutes smashing the world record!

The previous record for a female pair was 46 days!

The World’s Toughest Row – Pacific starts in June each year with teams participating from around the World. The annual edition of this race see’s teams starting from the historic harbour of Monterey, California, following the path of many adventurers and explorers of yester year. An incredible atmosphere of apprehension and excitement is guaranteed during the pre-race period as teams complete their final preparations to set off to row across the mid-Pacific Ocean. A finish line as unique as Hanalei Bay on the stunning island of Kaua’i is hard to beat as the backdrop to what will be the most incredible, once in a lifetime adventure.

Jessica Oliver & Charlotte Harris didn’t just break it—they demolished it by over a week! Congratulations from all the team at West Peak

And that’s not all: they also set a new record for the fastest crossing by any pair, male or female, beating the previous best by more than 2 days.

Their journey is a testament to the power of teamwork, unyielding determination, and an unwavering desire to excel.

Jess & Charlotte, take a moment to bask in your success with loved ones and enjoy some well-earned rest and a good night’s sleep.

Stay tuned for more updates of their incredible story in the coming days.

Want to show your support?
Donate to their chosen charity, Shelter — link in the bio.

Photo Credit: Atlantic Campaigns

World's toughest row

Here are some race facts from worldstoughestrow.com/

  • The Pacific Ocean is the World’s deepest ocean.
  • Before the ‘World’s Toughest Row – Pacific’, just 82 people in 33 boats have successfully rowed to one of the Hawaiian islands from mainland USA.
  • The word Pacific means ‘peaceful’.
  • The first person to row the Pacific was Patrick Quesnel in 1976.
  • The Pacific ocean shrinks by 2cm each year due to the movement of tectonic plates. This means that the Atlantic ocean increases by 2cm each year!
  • Of the 33 crews to have completed the voyage, 11 were all female, 18 all male and just 4 mixed gender.
  • 75% of the World’s volcanos are situated in the Pacific ocean basin which is called ‘The Ring of Fire’.
  • The longest anyone has taken to row this route was Peter Bird who took 147 days.
  • The fastest female team to row this route was Latitude 35 who completed the row in 34 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes.
  • The average crossing time for all crew sizes is 62 days.
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