An adventurer named Roz Savage is attempting to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific. She left San Francisco Bay a little over a month ago. It took her a couple of weeks to get far enough out to not have to worry about being blown back into the West Coast. Then her electric water-maker broke. She has 1800 gallons of ballast water on board, which is drinkable but not tasty. Her immediate goal is Hawaii. She will lay off for the winter, and then leave from Hawaii next summer. That is, if she ever reaches Hawaii. You can listen to a podcast of the journey on Leo Laporte’s TWiT network; Laporte, a well-known tech journalist, interviews Savage three times a week via satellite phone.
This is her second attempt to row the Pacific. Last year, she ran into severe storms and abandoned her effort after her boat capsized three times in 24 hours.
Savage was born in 1967; that’s close enough to 1964 to call her an honorary Boomer.
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