{"id":250640,"date":"2025-03-03T10:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T10:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/man-rowing-solo-across-pacific-rescued-from-cyclone-days-out-from-completing-feat\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T10:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T10:54:06","slug":"man-rowing-solo-across-pacific-rescued-from-cyclone-days-out-from-completing-feat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/man-rowing-solo-across-pacific-rescued-from-cyclone-days-out-from-completing-feat\/","title":{"rendered":"Man rowing solo across Pacific rescued from cyclone days out from completing feat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An adventurer who was just days from completing a solo row from the US to Australia has been rescued by a warship after getting caught in a tropical cyclone.<\/p>\n

Aurimas Mockus was in the final stages of his 7,500-mile voyage across the Pacific Ocean, which he started in an enclosed boat in October.<\/p>\n

After hitting stormy seas and 50mph winds generated by Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Lithuanian 44-year-old became stranded for three days in the Coral Sea around 460 miles east of the Queensland coast.<\/p>\n

He had been rowing from San Diego in California to the Queensland capital of Brisbane.<\/p>\n

Mr Mockus was taken aboard the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Choules on Monday and was being medically assessed.<\/p>\n

He activated an emergency beacon on Friday after hitting the stormy conditions, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.<\/p>\n

Officials said a plane was sent and made radio contact with Mr Mockus on Saturday, adding he was “fatigued”.<\/p>\n

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The warship is taking Mr Mockus south beyond Brisbane to Sydney, the navy said.<\/p>\n

The cyclone was 280 miles east of Brisbane on Monday and is forecast to cross the Australian coast on Thursday or Friday.<\/p>\n

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Mr Mockus was attempting to become one of the few rowers who have crossed the Pacific alone and without stopping.<\/p>\n

Briton Peter Bird arguably became the first in 1983 after setting off from San Francisco.<\/p>\n

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He was towed the final 30 miles to the mainland, but is considered to have rowed close enough to Australia to have made the crossing.<\/p>\n

However, some believe British adventurer John Beeden<\/a><\/strong> was the first to row solo and non-stop across the Pacific Ocean when he travelled from San Francisco to the Queensland city of Cairns in 2015.<\/p>\n

Australian Michelle Lee became the first woman to make the crossing in 2023, rowing from Ensenada in Mexico to Queensland’s Port Douglas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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