Point of no return
NZPA San Francisco The London photographer, Peter Bird, was reported 563kms west of Mexico yesterday, the point of no return in his attempt to be the first person to row alone across the Pacific Ocean. “Bird will either make it to Australia or die in the attempt,” said a Santa Rosa businessman Kenneth Crutchlow, Bird’s sponsor. “He can’t row back now
no matter what happens,” Crutchlow said. “He’s just coming up to the Tropic of Cancer. There’s no two ways about it. He’s committed.” Crutchlow said that the 33-year-old Briton could not return to shore because the forces of wind and current, drawing him south-west, were too strong. Bird’s goal is to row the 10-metre Britannia II 13,685kms to Australia in a year.
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