At 7.45am this morning Shaun was just 100.8km from the nearest piece of the New Zealand coastline.

He is traveling in a North Easterly direction and is expecting to arrive in New Zealand sometime Sunday or Monday and the most likely landing place is Ninety Mile beach.

Shaun Quincey departed Australia on 20th January 2010 to follow his father’s footsteps and row solo across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. In 1977, Colin Quincey crossed the Tasman solo, rowing 2200km and to this day he remains the only person to cross the Tasman solo and survive.

About the project

When Shaun lands, he will be the only solo rower, other than his father, to complete the Tasman Crossing first achieved by his father Colin in 1977. Following in the footsteps of his father, Shaun Quincey departed Australia on 20 January, rowing the Tasman Sea from West to East, solo with no assistance. Shaun will have covered a distance of over 2200km as well as 10m swells and one of the most treacherous seas in the world. He has capsized twice and once was upside down in the sea for at least 15 minutes before the boat righted itself.

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.

Shaun is raising Funds and Awareness for Surf Life Saving New Zealand.

You can follow his progress on his website www.tasmantrespasser.com.

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