Tom Robinson
Tom Robinson is a 25 year old adventurer and boatbuilder from Brisbane, Australia. In 2022, aged 23, Tom set off from Peru, in a boat he designed and built, on his most ambitious adventure yet - to become the youngest person ever to row the Pacific Ocean. For the next 14 months Tom experienced the highs and lows of extreme adventure, facing many challenges along the way. He spent a total of 265 days at sea in complete isolation, as well as many months living in harmony with the inhabitants of the remote islands he visited. The journey ended in a dramatic rescue off Vanuatu. Tom survived to tell the tale and break a world record
The islanders of Penrhyn/Tongareva gave him the Cook Islands name, Mahuta Hoehoe Asanga’ which translates as ‘The Warrior that has Paddled from Afar