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‘Completely Mad’ Review: Across the Ocean With an Oar
  + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Bill Heavey | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Tom McClean has a shave in the middle of the Atlantic. Photo: Tom McCleanIn the summer of 1969, John Fairfax was somewhere in the middle of the Caribbean. He had set off from Spain’s Canary Islands some six months earlier, headed toward Florida in his 24-foot boat, Britannia. Meanwhile Tom McClean was heading in the opposite direction, from Newfoundland to Ireland, in his 20-foot Super Silver. Both men hoped to be the first to row solo across the Atlantic.
Persons: Tom McClean, John Fairfax Locations: Caribbean, Florida, Britannia, Newfoundland, Ireland
Eight days later, another Briton, Tom McClean, pulled his dory up a deserted beach in Blacksod Bay, Ireland, having rowed solo across the Atlantic in the opposite direction. While Fairfax was acclaimed and feted, McClean walked to the closest pub, alone. During his ordeal, Fairfax had no idea someone else was rowing across the Atlantic in the opposite direction, thousands of miles to the north. McClean, on the other hand, was acutely aware of his rival and brooded about him the whole way. While celebrated in nautical circles, neither man became well known, nor have their stories been told together in a single book, until now.
Persons: Tom McClean, John Fairfax, James R, Hansen, John Fairfax waded, dory, Fairfax, McClean, , , Locations: British, Hollywood Beach, Fla, Blacksod Bay, Ireland, McClean, Caribbean, Central, South America
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