On 13th of November, ten days before the start of Francis Joyon, whose adventure we've told about, just two posts before, another bid for a world record had its begining:
Two very young adventurers, James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, left Australia in a two-man kayak Tuesday in a bid to paddle 1,400 miles to New Zealand. Nine months after fellow Australian Andrew McAuley vanished on a similar voyage they hope to become the first men to cross the Tasman Sea on a kayak. While I'm writing these words thid is their actual position:

To know everything about their courageous trial and their constantly updated position check the official site: