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Sonya Baumstein abandons Pacific rowing challenge due to bad weather Sonya Baumstein abandons Pacific rowing challenge due to bad weather
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A US woman attempting to cross the Pacific by rowing boat has ended her solo attempt because of expected bad weather. A US woman attempting to cross the Pacific by rowing boat has ended her solo attempt because of expected bad weather. Sonya Baumstein was rescued off the Japanese coast on Saturday after sending out a distress signal, Kyodo News agency reported yesterday.
Sonya Baumstein was rescued off the Japanese coast on Saturday after sending out a distress signal, Kyodo News agency reported yesterday. Baumstein, 30, from Orlando, Florida, departed Chōshi in Japan a week ago, hoping to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific. She was heading for San Francisco but sent out the signal on Saturday at about 2.20pm, 155 miles (250km) off the coast of Japan.
Baumstein, 30, from Orlando, Florida, departed from Chōshi in Japan a week ago, hoping to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific. She was heading for San Francisco but sent out the signal on Saturday at about 2.20pm, 155 miles (250km) off the coast of Japan. A freighter travelling nearby rescued her at 5pm local time (08.00 GMT) on Saturday, and passed her on to a coastguard ship at 8.55pm, the Japanese coast guard said.
A freighter travelling nearby rescued her at 5pm local time (08.00 GMT) on Saturday, and passed her on to a coast guard ship at 8.55pm (11.55 GMT), the Japanese coast guard said. Baumstein was hoping to finish the 6,000 mile (9,600km) journey by late September. Only three other rowing boats have made the journey, and no woman has ever done it alone from Japan to the US.
Baumstein was hoping to finish the 6,000 mile (9,600km) journey by late September.
Only three other rowing boats have made the journey, and no woman has ever done it alone from Japan to the US.