British Army soldiers win World’s Toughest Row, reaching Kaua‘i after 36 days of rowing

While England’s football team faced disappointment in the Euros finals, four British Army soldiers have brought home victory in a different arena: The Salty Sappers have won the World’s Toughest Row – Pacific 2024.

After a grueling 2,800-mile journey from Monterey Harbor in California to Hanalei Bay on the North Shore of Kaua’i, the team completed the race in 36 days, six hours and 49 minutes.

Adam Siggs, Joshua Warne, Adam Sedgwick and Richard Wilkinson, all serving members of the Corps of Royal Engineers, embarked on the challenge to support the Royal Engineers Association.

Their triumphant arrival on July 14 was met with support from friends, families and the local community.

The World’s Toughest Row – Pacific is an annual ocean rowing race spanning approximately 2,800 miles across the Pacific Ocean, starting in Monterey, California and finishing in Hanalei Bay on Kaua’i. Race organizers Atlantic Campaigns SL also run the World’s Toughest Row – Atlantic, a 3,000-mile ocean rowing race from the Canary Islands, Spain to Nelsons Dockyard, Antigua.