British women make history with non-stop 8000 mile Pacific row

Two British women have made history by completing a record-breaking 8,213 nautical mile non-stop row across the Pacific Ocean.

Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne achieved this feat by being unsupported across the vast expanse of ocean.

They spent around 15 hours each day at the oars to become the first all-female pair to achieve this record-breaking accomplishment.

However, their first attempt was abandoned in April because of a broken rudder. Afterwards, Payne and Rowe started their journey in the 9 metre craft named Velocity armed with 400kg of frozen food, a water desalinator, and some solar panels. They crossed the Pacific ocean from Peru to Australia

While discussing their ordeal surrounded by the treacherous tides, they said, "Those final few hours were brutal. The wind was pushing us off the channel, and we honestly thought we weren't going to make it.”

"We thought we might have to swim to shore. To finally be here, after talking about it for so long, just feels incredible. After so many days at sea, to finally see land, and the welcome we've had here in Cairns, is beyond words,” they added.