Orcon is one awesome provider of broadband and phone services to homes and businesses around New Zealand, and also one of the biggest financial backers of Shaun’s effort to cross the Tasman. In fact Orcon is Shaun’s Silver Sponsor.
Reliable communication with Shaun as he has been undertaking this massive adventure has been vital to not...
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For the majority of the day there was minimal wind but Shaun battled against east moving swells. At about 4pm the winds finally turned to Westerlies and he started to make good progress toward NZ.
Today Shaun cleaned the hull of Tasman Trespasser 2, for the last time ever, and also got the boat fully ready...
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Can you imagine 7 weeks of solitary confinement in a space so large that you cannot see anything but water and sky in every direction. A space who’s unpredictable nature can change from being calm one day to treacherous the next with the only place to hide being a coffin-like box! In order to escape...
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Sea to Summit is a Perth based designer of quality adventure gear that is now celebrating twenty years of award winning innovations. Now available In 35 countries, the Sea to Summit heritage is one of adventure and risk and that is what appealed to us when Shaun decided to undertake his mission to row the...
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Today was once again frustrating for Shaun as the South Easters continued to blow. He did however manage a big day of rowing and had approximately 35km of east progress to show for his efforts. He says the boat feels heavy,so tomorrow he plans to give the bottom another scrub which will hopefully make the...
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SHAUN QUINCEY’S PHYSICAL PREPARATION
As part of Shaun’s preparation for the physical and mental challenges of his expedition, Shaun was training as a sponsored athlete of CrossFit Auckland up to five days per week to raise his level of general physical preparedness. Beyond everyday functionality, CrossFit helped ensure Shaun’s body runs as efficiently as possible...
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Pretty average day for Shaun. He was cooped up in his cabin for the majority of the day since rowing was frustrating and fruitless.
He has two more days of Easterly wind then has some strong Westerlies to hopefully push him home!
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TOLL Global Forwarding is proud to sponsor Shaun Quincey Tasman Trespasser.
We are very confident Shaun will achieve his goal to complete the trans tasman row from Coffs Harbour to Taranaki and we look forward to his arrival.
As part of our support for Shaun Toll Global Forwarding (TGF) arranged for shipping and Customs clearance of his...
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A mixed bag out on the Tasman today. Strong SE were predicted and Shaun expected to be pushed west quite far however the wind was inconsistent and during the morning he was able to hold his position. Later in the afternoon the gusts strengthened making rowing with no spare oars rather risky.
South easterly winds are...
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