Angela’s Solo Pacific Row
Days at Sea: 60
Distance from LA: 1,114nm
Distance to Hawaii: 1,275nm
THE GIST / FAQs
Angela will leave LA late April and will row all the way to Honolulu, expecting to arrive late July.
She will cross 2,500 miles of ocean.
It will take between 3-4 months, rowing for 2 hours on, 2 off, every day. Her goal is 100 days.
She will be completely unassisted from beginning to end.
She will bring 150 days worth of food.
She has a desalinator to make freshwater and solar panels to generate power.
”No two minutes at sea are alike,” she’ll say if you ask if she ever gets bored.
The Boat
Row of Life is a 20’ long, 6’ wide ocean rowing boat. It was custom built by James Fabrizao in the U.K. to sustain life at sea for long ocean crossings. It is equipped with all updated marine electronics, GPS, satellite phone, solar panels, a desalinator. It is self-righting. Angela sleeps in the aft bunk and uses the other for storage. Food is stored in the deck hatches. There is a life raft, EPIRB, and two extra sets of oars.
She is mean, lean, fighting machine— just like her owner!
Angela’s Rowing Career
2007: Atlantic Ocean Crossing
66 days at sea. Rowed with one other man, Frank Fester, an amputee who spoke only French.
2008: Beijing Paralympics
Angela placed 7th for rowing.
2009: Indian Ocean Crossing
Dubbed the “pirate row”, Angela rowed for 58 days at sea with eight other rowers.
2010: Circumnavigation of Great Britain
51 days with three other women.
2011: Second Atlantic Ocean Crossing
47 days with crew of 16— very first ocean-rowing catamaran.
2012: London Paralympics
Awarded Bronze medal for shot put and Paralympic record.
2013: First solo attempt across Pacific Ocean
Rescued at sea day 8.
2014: Pacific Ocean Crossing (II)
Rowed from California to Hawaii in 60 days with Tara Remington.
2016: Rio de Janerio Paralympics
7th and 8th place for shot put and javelin.
2020: Second solo attempt across Pacific Ocean
Launched Friday, April 24th 2020 at 12:46AM from Marina del Rey.