The Ocean Rowing Podcast Amanda Painter

Update Episode #27
First Aid Kits! Tips from ocean rowers on what they used and brought with them on their ocean crossing!
 
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Alex Mason is an adventurist on land and water! From hiking to ocean rowing, Alex crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a 4 person boat in early 2020 and is planning to row across the Indian Ocean in 2022 and is part of MonkeyFist Adventures! Learn a little about the differences between an organized crossing and an independent crossing as well as some fundraising tricks, sea sickness and so much more! 
https://www.toughgirlchallenges.com/single-post/alex-mason
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Update Episode #26
Let's talk about your bootie!!!
What do you use for your bum in the ocean?
 
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Mark Potter is a future ocean rower taking on the NOMAN is an island race to end HPV by joining a crew to do a short but important row! Nobody said ocean rowing had to be from conitnent to continent! Learn about what Mark is rowing for, a bit about this race, how much work it still takes to get to the starting line, and how this might be a great option for ocean rowers!
Support Mark here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mark-potter-noman
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Update Episode #25
Book Review #1 - Alone Across the Pacific Ocean by Alex Bellini
Book: https://amzn.to/2Rk5oCx
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I have gathered book recommendations from ocean rowers! Listen for more info, but here's some info.
Sally's Odd at Sea - Sally Kettle Rowing the Atlantic - Roz Savage Stop Drifting, start rowing - Row Savage Dare to Do - Sarah Outen Rowing it alone - Debra Searle Battling the oceans in a rowboat - Mick Dawson Little Shop of Fools - Charles Wilkens The Naked Rower by Rob Hamill - although really hard to find The Oarsome Adventures of a Fat Boy Rower - Kevin Biggar Alone Across the Pacific Ocean - Alen Bellini and Francesca Urso Daring the Sea - David Shaw  Rowing into the Son - Jordan Hanssen On Tempestuous Seas…rowing two oceans by Elin Has Davies  Antigua or Bust - Rachel Smith Four Mums In a Boat - Janette Beaddi, Helen Butters, Niki Doeg, Frances Davies The Crossing - Ben Fogle A fighting chance - Chat Blythe and John Ridgeway Atlantic Lady - Dianne Carrington Row Aurora by Dawn Wood Across the Savage Sea - Maud Fontenoy How to Break the Atlantic Rowing World Record after brain surgery - Emma Wolstenholme Alone - The true story of the man who fought sharks, waves, and weather of the pacific and won - Gerard d’Aboville Bold Man of the Sea: My Epic Journey - Jim Shekhdar A Pearl in the Storm: How I found my heart in the middle of the ocean - Tori Murden Row for Freedom: Crossing an Ocean in Search of Hope - Julia Immonen Just Keep Rowing: Lessons from the Atlantic Ocean by the youngest person to row it alone by Katie Spotz Music from bensound