First female team to row across the Pacific

According to Official Guinness Records,

The first all-female team to row the Pacific Ocean is the Coxless Crew comprised of Laura Penhaul, Natalia Cohen and Emma Mitchell (all UK), who departed from San Francisco, California, USA, on 20 April 2015 on board Doris and arrived in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, on 25 January 2016.The trio completed the row in three legs, and was joined by fellow Brits Isabel Burnham (on the San Francisco to Hawaii leg), Lizanne Van Vuuren (Hawaii to Samoa) and Meg Dyos (Samoa to Cairns) – the row of each joining crew was qualified as Mid-Pacific E-W.

For a complete list of 2016 records, please visit 2016 Guinness Records in Australia.

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