Rowing the Pond Again

Gudlyf writes "Anne Quéméré, a French woman who had previously rowed across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain to the West Indian island of Guadeloupe, is currently on her way to doing it again, only this time in the opposite direction. This season's challenge will take Anne 2700 nautical miles, from Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) to Brittany (France), her native land. She hopes to make it in less than 90 days. Is it just me, or does the giant fish on her boat scream 'shark bait' to you?"

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around the world in 80 days

[mattdm]

Geeks like stuff like this -- I remember being intrigued by around-the-world ballooning attempts and so on in National Geographic when I was a child.

Plus, there's all sorts of technology involved -- GPS, satellite phone, and the materials and construction of the boat itself.

But what it really comes down to is clearly illustrated in this bit from the article:

"Do you need to be rescued," he asked.

"No, I'm rowing across the ocean," she replied.

Now if that's not geeky, I dunno what is.

Re:Nerdly?

[p4ul13]

She's navigating mainly by GPS

She has a custom made boat (physics, specialized transportation design)

She expects to lose 30 pounds (lots of nerds need to lose weight / Physical effects of long term physical stress is a good topic of scientific discussion)

Quit flapping your bitching hole.

Another French woman crossing oceans on her own..

[n1ckmrt]

Really need to mention Raphaela Legouvella here as she recently arived in Tahiti on a windsufer. She already crossed the atlantic back in 2000. http://www.raphaela-legouvello.com/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3236899.st m As to whether this should be on /. windsurfing seems a more apropriate geek sport to me than rowing (obvoulsy I'm biased on this). Hi tech construction, always pushing the speed records, and it's 95% technique and only 5% fitness. Her windsurfer looks biger than your average sailing boat but it was built with the help of the european space agency.