I used to row and even the tiniest of waves could make it annoying. You'd slide to the front of your seat and try to insert your oar and catch air instead of water. Then if you overcompensated by trying to insert your oar farther in you'd catch a crab (having the oar ripped out of your control). This is on a lake with tiny waves.

Rowing across an entire ocean is absolutely amazing.

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herodoturtle 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Fellow rower here, affirming the above.

Thought folks would be interested in her boat, built for ocean rowing:

https://yourowkelsey.com/about/

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3eb7988a1663 an hour ago | parent [-]

That page was disappointingly sparse. I wanted pictures of the interior - what does it look like to sleep, how much space when it is fully packed with food, is there any accommodations for the bathroom, or do you just go over the edge, etc.

	▲	herodoturtle an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Heya, from the page I linked (her boat is named "Lily"): > Lily is a Rannoch R25 built in 2019. More info on Rannoch R25: https://www.rannochadventure.com/boats-2/r25 There are several Youtube videos showing you the interior if you're interested.

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AlotOfReading 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I wonder if it's as much of an issue with those big boats at sea. The wavelength gets pretty long off the continental shelf, so I imagine it's a lot less adjustment than lake waves, with the exception being storm conditions you should probably avoid anyway.