Trans-Tasman rower likely to land in Far North

NZPA
Last updated 13:25 08/03/2010

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Trans-Tasman rower Shaun Quincey is likely to land in the Far North after being pushed off course by a tropical cyclone last week.

Quincey had planned to come ashore between New Plymouth and Auckland but winds may have pushed him as far as Kaipara Harbour, on the Northland Peninsula.

Support crew member Michael Buck told Radio New Zealand that Quincey could reach land by early next week.

Last week, Quincey was bracing for the storm and estimated it could set him back by 100km or more.

After two earlier capsizes, he said he hoped the storm would not tip him over again.

He is hoping to become the first solo rower to make the crossing from Australia to New Zealand.

His father Colin is the only solo rower to have done the crossing in the opposite direction in 1977.

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