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Article: Roz Savage Continues Her Quest to Become First Woman to Row Solo Across the Pacific Ocean.
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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At midnight on May 25, 2008, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, Roz Savage took her first strokes aboard a 24-foot rowboat named The Brocade, after title sponsor Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. As she rowed out to sea on the ebb tide, Roz officially began her solo journey across the Pacific Ocean. Roz is now approximately halfway to Hawaii, the first milestone on her three-leg journey across the world's largest ocean.
Roz's voyage across the Pacific is sponsored by Brocade, a leading provider of data center networking solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information. The environmental endeavor is also a project of the Blue Frontier ...