After 62 days at sea, two young men completed their amazing journey across the Tasman Sea.. A journey that was supposed to be finished before Christmas, and supposed to be 1,400 mile trip, turned into a journey that FINALLY ended on Sunday with atleast 600 more miles added into the route.. James Castrission and Justin Jones waded up to shore Sunday afternoon on a New Zealand beach after paddling from the Northern Territory of Australia down to New Zealand.. The team had a custom built fiber glass kayak that was nine meters long.
During their trip, they encountered harsh waters and strong winds, causing them to, at times, go in circles and not gain as many miles.. With the pair going in circles and effects of the harsh winds, it added an extra 600 miles an 20 days onto their trip.. As a result, another team of four kayakers tried going the other way, by starting in New Zealand and finished in Sydney on December 30th. This means that the group of four were the first to kayak successfully across the Tasman Sea. But James Castrission and Justin Jones are the first PAIR of kayakers to cross the Tasman Sea. When the pair reached New Zealand, they payed respects to Andrew McCauley, a kayaker who went missing on a kayak trip to cross the Tasman Sea by himself last year.
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