Sylvia Cook
Sylvia Cook was a British ocean rower and adventurer who, on 22 April 1972, became the first woman to row the Pacific Ocean, in tandem with John Fairfax.[1] In fact, she became the first woman to row any ocean.[2] The journey took 363 days at sea from San Francisco to Australia.
Early life
Sylvia born to a middle-class family, the daughter of a teacher and a secretary.[3]
Pacific crossing
Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax started rowing for their cross-Pacific journey in San Francisco on 26 April 1971 in a specially designed tandem row boat called Britania II. Britania II is a self-bailing, self uprighting vessel, designed by Uffa Fox.[4]
Later life
Sylvia works for B&Q in Surrey, UK, where most of her co-workers had no idea she had rowed across the Pacific Ocean.[3]
Links
- Interview with Sylvia Cook, recorded 6 April 2015 (Podcast)[5]
References
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