Trans-Tasman kayaker Scott Donaldson near Taranaki beach

Hundreds of people gather on a beach in New Plymouth to welcome kayaker Scott Donaldson after 62 days at sea.

On May 2, Donaldson left Coffs Harbor, Australia, to try to become the first kayak in Canada. travel 2200 kilometers through the solo of the Tasman Sea.

This was his second attempt. In 2014, Donaldson came close to completing the trip. He had paddled half of the Tasman with an irreparable rudder, sat through a 40-year storm and, when he was 80 km off New Zealand, the attempt was to be canceled.

. Ngamotu Beach, inside Port Taranaki – its planned landing zone. At 7 pm, the crowd was in the hundreds.

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* The Trans-Tasmanian kayaker Scott Donaldson leaves [19659007] Aided by the tail winds, from the west, Scott made 75 km Sunday and started rowing again at 7:30 am Monday morning in the hope of reaching the coast. Around 19h he was a few kilometers from the sand.

On Friday, Donaldson's support ship met him in the early morning and restocked him with some of his favorite foods, sausages, chicken sandwiches and peanut steaks for the final push. Zac, the one-year-old son, had been in New Plymouth for a week and was looking forward to his arrival.

Foote said that they had been "bubbly and impatient" to see him.

Donaldson's family was filmed for a while by television crews on Ngamotu Beach.

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