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Solo, unassisted, non-stop. Great Pacific Ocean journeys with Richard Barnes and Tom Robinson.

Dr Richard Barnes became the first person to kayak solo, unassisted and non-stop across the Tasman Sea in February 2023. He spent 67 days alone in his hand-built kayak, Blue Moon, paddling for up to 10 hours a day.

  (below) made headlines in September 2023 when he was rescued by a cruise ship after he capsized off Vanuatu. Dubbed “the naked

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