World First · 2023
SOUTHERN ATLANTIC CROSSING – OCEAN X
The mission that defined a career and entered the history books. 63 days alone on the Southern Atlantic, paddling from Cape Town, South Africa to Salvador, Brazil. Solo. Unsupported. First in history.
6,403 km
Total distance
63 days
At sea
19 Feb '23
Completion
Preparation
Build, sponsors and gear · 2020–2021
7 June 2020
Back on the water – post Covid-19 lockdown
24 June 2020
Ocean X Craft Design
9 July 2020
Hand Surgery
6 August 2020
Weather, winds and route to Brazil
20 August 2020
Solar Power = Water = Life
27 August 2020
Highbury Media onboard as official media partner to Ocean X
3 September 2020
Safety at sea
18 September 2020
Grampa hands, gunwale bum and slow roasting
24 September 2020
Jet Boil Review: Cooking at sea
8 October 2020
Craft Design 2.3 or is it 10.2? (But this is THE ONE!)
22 October 2020
My Ocean X kayak build has begun
27 October 2020
Gadget review – Solar Kettle
9 November 2020
Kayak build – half way there
25 November 2020
Paddling for Smiles (Operation Smile)
7 December 2020
WIN a chance to name my Ocean X kayak
18 December 2020
ALTSA partner with Richard Kohler’s Ocean X odyssey
9 February 2021
Covid-19 delays Richard Kohler’s Ocean X adventure departure
26 February 2021
GivenGain Foundation February Fundraise of the Month
30 June 2021
Solar Panels
30 June 2021
Power systems – batteries etc
7 October 2021
Seaport Supply
1 November 2021
Popular Mechanics
8 November 2021
Food for thought
10 November 2021
Osiyeza gets a makeover
Attempt One
Cape Town to the Wild Coast · December 2021
18 December 2021
Ocean X: Departure and day 1
19 December 2021
Day 2: Blowing Chunks
20 December 2021
Day 3: Stinky Socks
21 December 2021
Day 4: Poop Pirate
22 December 2021
Day 5: Collision course
23 December 2021
Day 6: On Autopilot
24 December 2021
Day 7: Bucket Over Board aka BOB
25 December 2021
Day 8: Night time visitors
26 December 2021
Day 9: Christmas Treats
27 December 2021
Day 10: Detour to Walvis Bay
28 December 2021
Day 11: Houston we have a problem
29 December 2021
Day 12: Prepped for what lies ahead
30 December 2021
Day 13: Stargazing
31 December 2021
Day 14: Taking a dip
31 December 2021
The morning I took the kids to the pool
1 January 2022
Day 15: FELIZ AÑO NUEVO
Interlude
Regroup and refit · January 2022
4 January 2022
Walvis Bay
5 January 2022
Plan C: What now?
10 January 2022
Oziyesa on the rocks
20 January 2022
Family First
The Crossing
63 days, solo, unsupported · December 2022 – February 2023
15 December 2022
Richard Kohler prepares to depart for Ocean X kayak adventure from Cape Town to Brazil, solo and unsupported
19 December 2022
Day 1: Deja Vu Take 2
20 December 2022
Day 2: Cold, wet and tired
21 December 2022
Day 3: Surfing the Atlantic
22 December 2022
Day 4: Forehead warning
23 December 2022
Day 5 :Good, clean and fresh tra la la la
24 December 2022
Day 6: What’s cooking?
26 December 2022
Christmas Day
27 December 2022
Day 8: What time is it?
28 December 2022
Day 9: Prep for heavy weather
29 December 2022
Day 10: Waiting for the storm!
30 December 2022
Day 11: Rock’ n Roll
31 December 2022
Day 12: Whose there?
1 January 2023
Day 13: Happy New Year
2 January 2023
Day 14: First paddle of the year
3 January 2023
Day 15: Pong Gone
4 January 2023
Day 16: I take the plunge
5 January 2023
Day 17: Passed a milestone
6 January 2023
Day 18: Paddle, eat, sleep and repeat
7 January 2023
Day 19: The world carries on without me
8 January 2023
Day 20: First Fish
9 January 2023
Day 21: Things that go bump
10 January 2023
Day 22: Scatter cushions
11 January 2023
Day 23: A day stuck in the middle of the high-pressure system
12 January 2023
Day 24: Things that actually go bump in the night
13 January 2023
Day 25: Daily stuff
14 January 2023
Day 26: Water is life
15 January 2023
Day 27: Leave it for “Ron”
16 January 2023
Day 28: Unpacking for week 5
17 January 2023
Day 29: Tools of the trade
18 January 2023
Day 30: 📆 A month at sea 📆
19 January 2023
Day 31: White gold
22 January 2023
Update on Richard
22 January 2023
Day 32: Half Way
22 January 2023
Day 33: No more internet access
22 January 2023
Day 34: Remembering my dad
23 January 2023
Day 35: Happy birthday to me
24 January 2023
Day 36: Birthday Hangover
25 January 2023
Day 37: Rock n roll again
26 January 2023
Day 38: My inspiration
27 January 2023
Day 39: Cheech and Chong have left me
28 January 2023
Day 40: Another Smilestone; 40 days, 40 nights, 40 smiles
29 January 2023
Day 41: Netflix Killer
29 January 2023
Day 41: Data diet
30 January 2023
Day 42: “Am I the last person on earth.”
30 January 2023
Ask “AI” Albert
31 January 2023
Day 43: HOT AS ……
1 February 2023
Day 44: Min Dae
2 February 2023
Day 45: Time benders
3 February 2023
Day 46: First human contact
4 February 2023
Day 47: First aeroplane spotting
5 February 2023
Day 48: Naked yoga
6 February 2023
Day 49: Previous kayak ocean crossings
7 February 2023
Day 50: Power house
8 February 2023
Day 51: Stop theif!
9 February 2023
Day 52: Short and sweet
10 February 2023
Day 53: AIS error
11 February 2023
Day 54: Sooty terns
12 February 2023
Day 55: dangly bits
13 February 2023
Day 56: this is the show
14 February 2023
Day 57: Dishwasher duties
15 February 2023
Day 58: Big News
16 February 2023
Day 59: The beauty in nature
17 February 2023
Day 60: carnival is calling
18 February 2023
Day 61: ETA
19 February 2023
Day 62: The Race
20 February 2023
Day 63: The End