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Portland to SF by Rowboat

  • The night before launching. A huge thank you to my friend Joy for helping me pull it all together.
  • Goodbye Portland!
  • Gone fishing!
  • My ‘on Safari in Kenya’ selfie, except I am rowing down the Columbia River. Same same.
  • Heavenly light.
  • The morning light was such a gift.
  • Photo 1 – there is so much beauty in the world.
  • Photo 2
  • Photo 3
  • A tanker up-anchoring gave me a terrible fright. Astoria.
  • Fishing boat pre-dawn.
  • Boats charging at me in the dark.
  • Salmon fishing season on the Columbia River.
  • September 02 at 7AM. Columbia River Bar, best described as rowing a rollercoaster on a conveyor belt.
  • I got spat out of the Columbia River at 8.75 knots!
  • Day 1, sharks!
  • A mere foot away from me!
  • Three of them, cruising around under my boat!
  • Arctic Tern. Scores flying south everyday
  • Moon selfie.
  • Arctic Tern + full moon
  • Selfie.
  • Curious and unafraid.
  • Two seal pups hung out with me all morning.
  • A giant glass lightbulb. Very weird.
  • On sea anchor with dolphin visitors.
  • A sea louse that came up with my sea-anchor
  • Land bird visitor.
  • Pre-sunrise
  • The sunset of gods.
  • Post sunset.
  • Adams-Family selfie taken during the storm.
  • Container ship silhouetted.
  • Some of the roughest weather I have ever encountered.
  • Breaking waves.
  • The joy of closing in on the Golden Gate Bridge.
  • Lighting a flare in celebration of arriving!
  • In a month I ate half of that 20lb rock of Parmesan cheese!
  • 1st woman and 2nd person to “intentionally” row the length of the State of Oregon!

 

By Lia Ditton|2020-04-10T05:56:24+00:00November 30th, 2019|Blog|Comments Off on Portland to SF by Rowboat

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@rowliarow * BOAT FOR SALE * One of a limited num @rowliarow * BOAT FOR SALE *

One of a limited number of legendary Phil-Morrison solo rowboat designs, built by Jamie Fabizio. Commissioned for John Beeden. 

Refit including new deck, new stern cabin in 2017.

Refit including new carbon safety rails, new carbon side decks, new carbon cabin faces, new carbon hatches, new carbon rudder in 2019.

ALL new electronics in 2019 are the latest and greatest, carefully selected and tested en route to Hawaii.

Current vinyl wrap (easily removable) designed by Wes Archer, one of the original animators of the Simpsons. 
The boat underneath was painted with white ProLine primer in 2019. Ready for painting if preferred. 

Year of build completion 2011
2011 - John Beeden rows ‘Socks’ across the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to Barbados in 53 days.
2013 - Sarah Outen rows ‘Happy Socks’ across the North Pacific from Choshi, Japan to Adak, Alaska in 150 days.
2015 - Sarah attempts to row the Atlantic from Cape Cod, US to the UK, but abandons ship after 143 days at sea as a pre-emptive measure due to Hurricane Joaquin.
2016 - ‘Happy Socks’ washes ashore in Castletown/ West Cork, Ireland after 92 days unmanned at sea. (Like a good puppy she found her way home)
May 2016 - ‘Happy Socks’ is bought by me, Lia Ditton!
2017 - 1,000 miles rowed in the bay of San Francisco
2018 - San Francisco to Santa Barbara, 12 days at sea. New record laid down rowing non-stop around the Farallon Islands, 4 days at sea 
2019 - Portland to San Francisco, 25 days at sea. New record laid down rowing non-stop around the island of Catalina, 4 days at sea 
2020 - Two Guinness World records broken rowing San Francisco to Oahu, Hawaii, 87 days at sea.
 
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Full spec sheet on request. 
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Two months ago I arrived in Hawaii and my hip musc Two months ago I arrived in Hawaii and my hip muscles are STILL tight. For this my friend @joyloveshoops suggested I take up hula-hooping!

I am totally rubbish at it... but for the month of December I am determined to improve!

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Every Saturday starting Saturday 28 November we’ll be releasing a video on Patreon.com/RowLiaRow of Joy’s tips and tricks to help us get our wiggle on! 🔗 in bio.
The real summer in San Francisco is now. The real summer in San Francisco is now.
I met Sean Connery and his wife Micheline in April I met Sean Connery and his wife Micheline in April 2010, at a small and intimate cocktail party in New York (the likes of which I rarely get invited to 🤣). Sean was exactly as I imagined, wily, charismatic, entertaining. On the insistence of the photographer I posed for a photo. On being told I had just rowed the Atlantic, Sean said in his Scottish burr, “I want to feel your muscles.” 💪 As we posed, Sean’s hand crept up my back, hence my expression. Rest in Peace #seanconnery. Thank you for the great memory.
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This was the last time I saw the sunrise - my last This was the last time I saw the sunrise - my last morning in Hawaiian waters. We arrived in Hilo later that day. 🌺 The mornings at sea have all had cloudy starts.
About last night... “The ship was pitching visi About last night...

“The ship was pitching visibly, the stern rising as the bow descended, then vice versa. Combined with the wind on my back, I was getting propelled down the top deck and was grateful for the hand rail.” 
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“Standing at the side rail, I peer down into the “Standing at the side rail, I peer down into the blue. The ocean is that incredible, exotic, gemstone blue. I smile thinking of everything that blue makes me feel - wild, free.”

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Dinner with an unusual view - of the sky deck of t Dinner with an unusual view - of the sky deck of the Ro/Ro ship ‘Jean Anne’. Dinner was braised beef with green beans, corn and a little pasta. 😋. To follow my journey visit my tracker. Link in bio
Next stop SAN DIEGO. Sailing at 17:00; the 2 pilo Next stop SAN DIEGO. 
Sailing at 17:00; the 2 pilots will disembark outside the breakwater, down a rope ladder to the pilot vessel. 

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Hilo, shot through the stern fair lead on the #pas Hilo, shot through the stern fair lead on the #pashahawaii MV ‘Jean Anne’ vessel carrier ship.
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25 Nov

2 months ago I arrived in Hawaii and my hip muscles are STILL tight. For this my friend Joy Love suggested I take up hula-hooping! I am totally rubbish at it... but for the month of December I am determined to improve!
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25 Nov

Thank you 😊

David Rachford (Navy Dave)@DavidRachford

@goldmedalmind Lia Ditton @rowliarow, she just broke the women's solo rowing record from SF to Honolulu... 86 days.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/culture/article/In-a-time-of-isolation-Lia-Ditton-spent-86-days-15634684.php

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Massive congratulations to our #speaker, @rowliarow, who became the world’s fastest woman to row from San Francisco to Hawaii.
Lia spent 86 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes and 56 seconds in the ocean rowing alone and unsupported! https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/solo-ocean-rower-lia-ditton-returns-to-the-ocean-post-recovery-from-record-86-days-alone-at-sea/

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