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Thursday, July 2, 2026

Something Really Cool is Happening Right Now

This young lady is Kelsey Pfendler.

She is currently rowing all by herself with no help from anyone going from Monterey California to Oahu Hawaii. That's 2400 miles - alone! She cannot have outside help from boats, or Coast Guard choppers unless she loses her boat. So if she runs out of food or loses an oar, she will have to figure her way out of it. She is on a solo row and she's breaking records all over the place. First youngest female to row to Hawaii. Fastest row by one person ever. First single American rower. First fastest female rower, and the list goes on.

She is doing this just because she wants to and for the Whale Foundation. If you want to donate to this charity go HERE.

This is her official website HERE. you can track her if you scroll down to the right blue button in the box that says Show Race Viewer.

This has been tracking her progress since she started over a month ago it also tracks her time and where she is via satellite tracking. She was thrown off coarse at the beginning by way of strong currents pushing her south and she has been working hard to get back on track.

There is a button second to the right near the top of Track My Progress. It shows the weather around her. It shows how fast the wind is moving, how fast the current is moving, the temperature, and rainy weather near her. from the tracker I say she's roughly about 2 days out from Hawaii also because birds have been flying around her boat and one she named Ozzy spent the night on the boat as she rowed last night.

If you want to watch her TikTok day to day tracking go HERE. Scroll all the way down to the beginning of her row to watch the timeline of videos in order. If you watch from the beginning, she gives a rundown on the instrumentation on her videos. On day 11 when she is in her sleeping cabin there is a strange sound in the background, it's the auto pilot. It constantly runs to keep her boat going in the right direction. She has a radio in case a ship gets too close, she can radio them to let them know she's out there so they don't hit her. She also has a base crew that keeps her company and tells her when to batten down the hatches for a storm. She has solar panels for electricity and a desalinator for bathing, drinking water, and rehydrating her food. All her food is dehydrated for storage purposes. She has a tracking device that shows how far she has come on her trip. It also functions as a tracking device if she isn't tethered to the boat and it capsizes. Tethered means she has a waist belt that has a tether leash to the boat. She puts it on when she goes outside to row or to clean the underside of the boat. There is a cool thing about Lily, her boat. If she capsizes, she will right herself with very little effort. Because of this everything on deck must be kept in pouches attached to the hull so Kelsey won't lose anything. She sends her videos through Starlink Satellite. I'm giving away so much that you will find out on her TikTok page so go check her out.

Oh, before you go, two days ago a Coast Guard ship caught sight of her and came near and wished Kelsey a happy birthday. They all sang to her and talked to her via radio and then continued on their way to Hawaii. It was a sweet moment. You have to see it on her TikTok at the top left that says Coast Guard on the video.

And one final note. When she is sighted in Hawaii there will be a live stream of her coming ashore. I don't know when or who will be streaming it but I'm guessing you can watch it through her website or TikTok.