Fastest rowing crossing to Hawaii (westbound)

What to remember

Heading west for Hawaii: in 2016, the Uniting Nations crew of Carlo Facchino, Fiann Paul, Cyril Derreumaux and Thiago Silva won the Great Pacific Race in 39 days, 9 hours and 56 minutes, the fastest westbound crossing to Hawaii. For Fiann Paul, it was the third of four overall speed records.

Ocean rowing is the sport of crossing oceans under oar power. Some boats can carry as many as fourteen rowers, but the most common designs are built for singles, doubles and fours.

The Ocean Rowing Society International, the official adjudicator of ocean rowing records, splits the sport's history into two eras. The first fourteen ocean rows, up to and including 1981, count as historic rows, completed with very limited modern technology, if any. Every row since then, the Uniting Nations crossing included, belongs to the modern era.