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Marin kayaker Cyril Derreumaux is launching a second attempt to paddle from San Francisco...

Early Monday morning, Cyril Derreumaux will climb into his kayak and push off the wooden...

A Frenchman Prepares to Cross the Pacific Ocean Solo with His Kayak photo © Tom Gomes Crossing the Pacific in a kayak between San Francisco and Hawaii -alone and without assistance is the new challenge that Cyril Derreumaux, a Frenchman is about to start. Originally, Derreumaux was to start this crossing on May 31, 2020, but the pandemic decided otherwise. It is now on May 30, 2021, that he will take his place aboard Valentine, his fully custom-designed kayak, for a crossing sched...

Marin kayaker to embark on epic solo paddle from S.F. to Hawaii FacebookTwitterEmail For more stories like this, check out The Chronicle’s weekly Travel newsletter!Sign up here. Last week, as Cyril Derreumaux navigated his kayak beneath the Golden Gate Bridge on a sunny afternoon, a humpback whale breached beside his boat, spraying him with salty mist. “I took that as a good omen,” he said. In late May, Derreumaux, a 44-year-old French-born entrepreneur who lives in Larkspur, will launch ...

For sale: Rowboat that carried sailor from S.F. to Hawaii for 86 days By Gregory Thomas For more stories like this, check out The Chronicle’s weekly Travel newsletter!Sign up here. Ocean rower Lia Ditton, who rowed alone for 86 days from San Francisco to Hawaii last year, is selling her beloved boat. Would-be buyers should know it is a bit more than gently used. The 21-foot craft is a decade old, made mainly of plywood and Kevlar and designed to carry a single intrepid rower. ...

For sale: Rowboat that carried sailor from S.F. to Hawaii for 86 days FacebookTwitterEmail For more stories like this, check out The Chronicle’s weekly Travel newsletter!Sign up here. Ocean rower Lia Ditton, who rowed alone for 86 days from San Francisco to Hawaii last year, is selling her beloved boat. Would-be buyers should know it is a bit more than gently used. The 21-foot craft is a decade old, made mainly of plywood and Kevlar and designed to carry a single intrepid rower. It has accumu...