Rower Tom Robinson, Whose Boat Capsized Trying To Cross The Pacific Ocean, Considers Trying Again
Tom Robinson, the rower whose boat capsized in the Pacific Ocean, was rescued by a cruise ship last week. Now home in Australia, Robinson said he’s thinking of trying again. Robinson, 24, set out to become the youngest person to row across the Pacific Ocean. He left Peru almost a year and a half ago, stopping in the Cook Islands for four months during cyclone season. “A big wave came out of nowhere and unfortunately I didn’t have the hatch closed to the cabin,” Robinson told the New Zealand Herald. “I held on to the boat for about 14 hours and then… I saw the cruise ship approaching and I knew...