22 Mar 2005

Frenchwoman nearing Tahiti in bid to row singlehandedly across the Pacific

12:20 pm on 22 March 2005

A young Frenchwoman is nearing Tahiti in her bid to row singlehandedly across the Pacific from Peru to French Polynesia.

The news agency, Tahitipresse, reports Maud Fontenoy is about 600 kilometres from Papeete and may now arrive at the end of the month.

Ms Fontenoy has rowed more than 6-thousand kilometres in the last 66 days.