Longest time rowed nonstop across any ocean

What to remember

Cairns, Australia, is where Jacob Adoram Hendrickson made landfall in 2019 after 336 days of nonstop rowing at sea. He covered 7,145 miles, rowing an average of 10 to 12 hours a day.

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

Records in the sport are adjudicated by the Ocean Rowing Society International, which divides its history into two eras. Rows completed up to and including 1981 are considered historic, made with little or no modern technology; all later rows count as modern-day rows, the era to which Hendrickson's belongs.