Trans-Tasman Rower Blown Off Course.

[seanz]

or back on course, it's hard to tell sometimes. ;)

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10630696



Transtasman rower Shaun Quincey is likely to land in the Far North after being pushed off course by a tropical cyclone last week.
Quincey had planned to come ashore between New Plymouth and Auckland but winds may have pushed him as far as Kaipara Harbour, on the Northland Peninsula.
Support crew member Michael Buck told Radio New Zealand that Quincey could reach land by early next week.
Last week, Quincey was bracing for the storm and estimated it could set him back by 100km or more.
After two earlier capsizes, he said he hoped the storm would not tip him over again.
He is hoping to become the first solo rower to make the crossing from Australia to New Zealand.
His father Colin is the only solo rower to have done the crossing in the opposite direction in 1977.


Last week there was talk about him landing on the South Island (nothing definite) so a landing spot North of Auckland is a bit of a difference.

[seanz]

Now our intrepid friend is no longer at the mercy of the winds.....he's back to being at the mercy of the currents.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10631637



Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey may have saved his biggest drama for the home stretch as he battles a northerly current which is threatening to sweep him past the top of the North Island.
Quincey has rolled at least twice since he left Australia on January 20, has broken two oars and got close to running out of fresh water.
However, his land crew said today they were now seriously worried that if he could not get out of the strong northerly current and head east, he could be swept rapidly north.
He might then have to be towed in as he could miss New Zealand completely.
In his latest twitter message from his boat Quincey said he was at the mercy of the weather.
"It doesn't like me much. Got my head down and rowing like a mean machine. C'mon NZ. Very keen to get home," he said.
Quincey was about 250km off Dargaville off the west coast of the North Island today and missed a scheduled telephone call from his satellite phone to his land base.
Oliver Young told NZPA he had probably turned his phone off as he battled the northerly current.
"He is in an eddy at the moment which keeps going north and that current is moving at eight or nine knots.
"He is just a slave to it and he just has to try and get out of it.
"If it goes past the top of the North Island it doesn't let him go. It just keeps taking him north."


I heard him interviewed on the radio a few days ago and he sounded in good spirits. He did say something very telling though, if he makes 11 miles in a day he can lose 10 miles while he sleeps.

[PeterSibley]

I heard him interviewed on the radio a few days ago and he sounded in good spirits. He did say something very telling though, if he makes 11 miles in a day he can lose 10 miles while he sleeps.

:eek::eek: Depressing !

[RFNK]

Last week there was talk about him landing on the South Island (nothing definite) so a landing spot North of Auckland is a bit of a difference.


Only if you're a Kiwi! :D Rick

[seanz]

It'd depress me too but on the radio he sounded like he was on top of it.

[Stiletto]

I was looking forward to him landing at Ahipara. I was planning on going out to see him arrive.

It is getting blustery here, no rain though.:(

I feel for him, it would negate the effort if they have to tow him ashore.

[The Bigfella]

The effort was negated when they had to resupply him last week.

[RFNK]

Yeah, I reckon you're being a bit tough there Ian! It's a pretty big achievement to row across the Tasman even if someone did drop him a bottle of water! Rick

[seanz]

With a bit of luck he'll make it tomorrow......I bet he'll be glad to be back on solid ground and out of the weather.....well, he'll be glad to be home anyway.
:)

[seanz]

Nearly there......

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10631989


The Auckland rower was spotted on the horizon about 11.15am today by well-wishers, 53 days after setting off in his 7.3m boat Tasman Trespasser from New South Wales on January 20.

[PeterSibley]

Wishing him luck !

[rufustr]

Just on the news that he had made it.

Swam ashore.

Congratulations to him.

http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/quincey1_460x230.jpg

[RFNK]

Yep, congratulations! A pretty incredible effort! Rick

[The Bigfella]

Congratulations. I'm sure he's relieved to have done it.

[PeterSibley]

:):):):) Well done !

[Varna]

Hurrah! Great achievement anyway you look at it. I often am amazed at the negativity expressed so commonly these days toward people who actually go out and try to do these adventures. I sure don't recall that during Chichester's RTW when I was a kid.
Jealousy/Envy I suppose

[seanz]

Saw a TV interview last night, he seems like a good bloke and he was "refreshingly honest". :D

Hopefully this is a link to the interview.....I'm on dial-up and I don't have the time to check. (http://www.3news.co.nz/Shaun-Quincey-shares-his-trans-Tasman-video-diary/tabid/817/articleID/146467/Default.aspx)

[Bob Triggs]

Thumbs Up!!!