Bragging Rights
FrontRower™ powered boats are great for general recreation and low impact exercise, but some owners like to put their boats (and their bodies) through more challenging endeavors.
Here are a few accomplishments that entitle these adventurous rowers to some "bragging rights".
Here are a few accomplishments that entitle these adventurous rowers to some "bragging rights".
4,000+ Mile Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Row
Philly Joe Koladziejski wanted a challenge -- partly to show his support for troops battling terrorism and partly to keep himself in top physical condition following his own battle with stage 4b Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma.
In 2002 he embarked on a journey he named the "American Victory Tour". His journey started in Texas, took him along the Gulf coast around Key West, Florida, up the eastern Atlantic coast to Maine and then inland into the Great Lakes—a distance of more than 4,000 miles.
Most of his trip was in the Intercoastal Waterway. He didn't do it all at once, but rowed about six months per year, starting off each year where he left off the year before. Rowing his FrontRower powered canoe by day and camping, staying in hotels, or with people who heard of his trip and offered him hospitality and support along the way by night. Joe kept a journal and is planning on writing a book about his experiences and the many interesting people he met along the way. One of them (a news reporter named Kathy) is now his wife.
In 2002 he embarked on a journey he named the "American Victory Tour". His journey started in Texas, took him along the Gulf coast around Key West, Florida, up the eastern Atlantic coast to Maine and then inland into the Great Lakes—a distance of more than 4,000 miles.
Most of his trip was in the Intercoastal Waterway. He didn't do it all at once, but rowed about six months per year, starting off each year where he left off the year before. Rowing his FrontRower powered canoe by day and camping, staying in hotels, or with people who heard of his trip and offered him hospitality and support along the way by night. Joe kept a journal and is planning on writing a book about his experiences and the many interesting people he met along the way. One of them (a news reporter named Kathy) is now his wife.