Roz Savage’s New Book: Stop Drifting, Start Rowing

October 17th, 2013 • BY Erinn Morgan

We love the epic, eco-minded ocean rower Roz Savage, the first woman to have rowed solo across three oceans—the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian (but you knew that already if you read our interview with this amazing lady here). This week, Roz released her new, must-read book, Stop Drifting, Start Rowing: One Woman’s Search for Happiness and Meaning Alone on the Pacific, which is based on her epic, adventure-soaked solo Pacific crossing that transpired between 2008 and 2010.

“Stop Drifting, Start Rowing is a story about my quest to raise awareness of environmental issues, as well as a personal search for happiness and meaning,” says Roz. “It describes my failed voyage of 2007 and the soul searching that ensued, followed by three successful voyages that made me the first woman to row solo across the Pacific. I share the insights I gained along the way—psychological, spiritual, and environmental.”

We could use some of that. This read is Roz’s second book; her first is Rowing the Atlantic: Lessons Learned on the Open Ocean, a book that readers have called a “spellbinding account of her reasons, thought processes, fears, hopes, obstacles, triumphs.”

In addition to her epic water quests, Roz is known for her passion for using her ocean rowing adventures to inspire action on the top environmental challenges facing the world today. For her accomplishments, adventures, and eco efforts, Roz was named a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year in 2010.

“I’ve dedicated years of hard work to planning and executing my voyages, living on next to nothing, supported by the kindness of my friends around the world,” she says. “My new book is my way of paying forward all the generosity that was shown to me while I was dedicating my life to planning and executing my voyages. I feel this book has a lot to offer.”

Numbers to Know:

• Roz has rowed over 15,000 miles,

• Taken around 5 million oar strokes,

• And, spent cumulatively over 500 days of her life at sea in a 23-foot rowboat.

Kiribati to Papua New Guinea 2010:

• Miles traveled: 2,248

• Oarstrokes: about 460,000

• Time alone at sea: 46 days

• Average daily miles: 49 (compared with previous best ever daily mileage of 42)

• Larabars consumed: 210

• Pounds lost: sadly not enough to fit back into my jeans

• Container ships sighted: too many for comfort, sometimes 4 or 5 at once

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