James Castrission, and Justin Jones, landed safely but their condition makes the feat of New Zealander, Colin Quincy, even more extra-ordinary; he became the first person to row across the Tasman solo, taking 67 days to make the crossing in 1976.
An Australian foursome completed the journey in the opposite direction in half the time, 31 days, arriving in Sydney Harbour on December 30, 2007.
People are massing at Ngamotu Beach, New Plymouth in New Zealand, to greet Australian kayakers, James Castrission, and Justin Jones, who are expected to make landfall in about 4 hours time, completing an epic crossing of the Tasman Sea.
The crossing will also enter the record books as the longest recorded two-man Kayak journey; the pair have spent 62 days at sea.
Two adventurers from Sydney, James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, have set off from Forster on the Australian, New South Wales coast in an attempt to become the first kayakers to paddle 2200km across the Tasman Sea to Auckland, New Zealand.
The attempt occurs just nine months after Andrew McAuley tragically died while attempting a solo kayak crossing. More.
