Written for Grant and Luke by John Mitchell, Project Manager
Grant and Luke have battled the Tasman’s sea gods into submission.
The final route taken from New Zealand to Australia
Ernie had a safety boat arranged to escort then into the berth (but not to assist). He managed to take a couple to photos while they were on their approach to Coffs Harbour.
On the final approach to Coffs. Two up rowing fighting the winds right to the end.
My first sighting of the boys was on the Coffs Harbour webcam around 18:20 NZDT
Coffs Harbour webcam. The Pavlova and safety boat to the far left
They rowed into Coffs Harbour and tied up along side at approx 1845 NZDT 28th March (1645 AEDT) 22 days 4 hours 40 minutes after leaving New Zealand.
Arriving in Coffs Harbour, cleared to land , celebration and then Pavlova out of the water.
This is roughly 9 days faster than the next best crossing, by a team of 4 Australian rowers who rowed the Tasman in 31 days in 2007.
Grant & Luke now hold the record for the fastest crossing of the Tasman under human power. Amazing effort guys!
Two very happy & successful transTasman rowers
Grant 'Axe' Rawlinson 
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