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

External audio
Sylvia Cook, 12:42, Avaunt podcast[4]
John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook, 43:05, WNYC[5]

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.[6]

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]

References

  1. ↑ Stanford, Peter (26 February 2012). "Sylvia Cook: I rowed the high seas for love". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sylvia Cook". The Ocean Rowing Society. Retrieved May 22, 2015. Sylvia became the first woman to row an ocean
  3. 1 2 "The pensioner next door who rowed across an ocean for love". The Independent. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sylvia Cook". Avaunt. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ "John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook". WNYC. 1973. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ Sylvia Cook. The Ocean Rowing Society International http://www.oceanrowing.com/Oceanrowers/Sylvia_Cook.htm. Retrieved 22 May 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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