Team Flyin'Fish finishing their epic 50-day Pacific row. Video: World's Toughest Row, Pacific.
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00:00 [Music]
00:13 Our final team, our fantastic five are flying in to the finish.
00:19 Team Flying Fish are here and we are so happy and excited to see them.
00:27 Hello everybody, thank you so much for watching. Andy waving at the front of the boat there.
00:33 They are so happy to be here. I can see it in their eyes.
00:38 Putting everything into this final row to the finish line.
00:43 Hello and welcome to the World's Toughest Row Pacific 2023.
00:48 The arrivals are, we are live from Hanalei Bay, Kauai.
00:54 You are watching Team Flying Fish coming in to the finish line with lots of local support.
01:01 Look, the outriggers are out. Really lovely. I'm Charlotte, your live reporter.
01:08 Again, thanks for joining us. Let us know where you're watching from.
01:12 Let us know how you know the team. Friends and family back home, I know some of you can't be here today.
01:17 Send in your messages of support. These guys will read them when they get on to land.
01:22 We are live on Facebook and on YouTube. Search World's Toughest Row if you don't know how to find us.
01:29 Our 13th team, Team Flying Fish. Yes, our fantastic five. 51 days at sea.
01:39 3, 2, 1.
01:58 I can feel their emotions from here. Goosebumps galore. Wow. How lovely.
02:11 Hugs for the team. They set off on this wild and wonderful journey on the 12th of June from Monterey, California.
02:20 Unassisted, unsupported, completely self-sustained to arrive 51 days later to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, the Hawaiian Islands.
02:32 Wow. Four out of five of the team members previously rode the Atlantic, except for Hugh.
02:45 But Hugh can now absolutely add himself to the long list of ocean rowers.
02:51 Not only ocean rowers, but the few who have crossed the Pacific.
02:56 Flying Fish are the first team of five to have rowed the Pacific.
03:02 Before this event, only 82 people in 33 boats have ever rowed the Pacific.
03:12 And they set off to a great start, even in the midst of the awful weather off the coast of Monterey, which all our teams had to endure.
03:19 And then these guys' disaster struck and it left them on power anchor for the best part of a week.
03:28 Their rudder broke off. And because of the bad weather, they were unable to get into the water to actually change the rudder.
03:35 And thankfully, they had a rudder on board. Otherwise, it would have been game over.
03:43 [Cheering]
04:07 Come on, guys. Yeah. Yeah.
04:18 Well done, guys. Come on. One more, guys. Come on. Yeah.
04:33 Well done, guys. Well done. Wow.
04:37 [Cheering]
04:47 The moment that's etched on a photograph forever, these guys will remember just how tough this row was.
04:56 And it was quite a tough row for these guys.
04:59 What a finish.
05:01 They held it together, pulled together, and they've come into Hanalei Bay.
05:07 Really amazing.
05:10 Incredible to believe that five adults have spent 51 days on this eight-meter boat, sleeping, eating.
05:21 Ah, well done.
05:27 Fabulous.
05:29 Okay. So we're going to find out more about Andy, Elaine, Alison, Hugh, and Neil when we get into land.
05:38 We're going to have got lots to tell you about them, and we want to see them step onto land for the first time.
05:43 So this is the first edition of the live. We've got a second one coming up in just a few minutes, maybe about 10 minutes.
05:50 So keep an eye on us going live again. Make sure your notifications are set.
05:55 We'll see you as these guys step onto land and celebrate their arrival.
06:00 Thanks for watching so far. See you in a bit.
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