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About the project

Jan 2010. Shaun Quincey will row solo from Australia to New Zealand. If successful, Shaun will be the only solo rower, other than his father, completing the first ever Tasman Crossing in 1977. Following in the footsteps of his father, Shaun Quincey will depart Australia in November, rowing the Tasman Sea from West to East, solo with no assistance. Shaun will battle a distance of 2200km as well as 10m swells and one of the most treacherous seas in the world. Taking an estimated 50 Days, Tasman Trespasser 2 will be an epic adventure.

About Shaun Quincey

Born in an Army Jungle hospital in Singapore on the 27 of September 1984 where his Father was based with the Royal New Zealand Navy, Shaun then moved to the North Island of New Zealand to the Waiouru Army Camp at the age of 2 and lived there while his father was involved in a communications program.

At 4 years of age, Shaun moved to Devonport, Auckland which is home to the Royal New Zealand Navy where his father was based. Shaun was always involved with sport playing soccer from the age of 5 until he was 7 when he started playing Rugby for North Shore Rugby Club. Rugby was to rule his life for 18 years, making the first XV at the age of 14 and playing in various age group teams while growing up.

Rowing entered Shaun’s life when he was 14 years old for Takapuna Grammar School, which provided the stepping stones to Surf Boat Rowing and eventually the Tasman Sea. As well as preparing for the Tasman Crossing, Shaun is currently studying for his Masters in Business Administration after working in business development and advertising for the past 3 years.

About Colin Quincey

Colin Quincey defines the old-school adventurer, leaving his home town of Yorkshire, England at age 17 to participate in the tall ships race around the world. He served on the George Voch, a German square rigger sailing into Hawaii, which was to be his home for some time as an apprentice to the sea.

After sailing the oceans of the world, New Zealand became his home and the the desire for adventure started brewing. While Colin was working in New Zealand, his spirit of adventure was triggered by some of the young cadets lack of interest in trying new things and pushing their own limits. The cotton wool wrapping up the young people of the world needed to be removed and Colin Quincey was going to be the one to show them how to do it! The Tasman Trespasser campaign was born and Colin was to row the Tasman 6 months later, making history and putting New Zealand on the map of adventure again.

Colin’s life between then and now hasn’t slowed one bit. After searving 25 years with the Royal New Zealand Navy, Colin has worked with disadvantaged children in Tonga, Tailand, Cambodia and now resides in Darwin Australia and has had many more adventures on the way.

1977 Solo Tasman Crossing

More About Ocean Rowing

Wikipedia – Ocean Rowing
World Rowing Network
Association of Ocean Rowers
Woodvale Events
Ocean Rowing Handbook
Ocean Rowing Society