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Seas The Day
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Transform team resilience and problem-solving with Seas The Day, record-breaking ocean rowers. Miriam and Jess equip organisations with practical frameworks for overcoming adversity and building effective partnerships under pressure. First all-female team to row the Pacific Ocean mainland to mainland, raising £100,000 for charity.
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Miriam Payne and Jess Rowe are the pioneering ocean rowers behind Seas The Day, an all-female Gen Z team who became the first women to row non-stop and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean from mainland to mainland, completing 8,213 nautical miles in 165 days.
Miriam, who previously rowed the Atlantic solo in record time in 2022, holds a degree in Physics with Astrophysics from the University of Leeds. Jess brings seven years of yachting experience and currently works in superyacht navigation. Together, they raised nearly £100,000 for The Outward Bound Trust whilst breaking multiple world records on their Pacific crossing from Peru to Cairns, Australia.
Their journey demonstrates practical problem-solving under extreme conditions. During their crossing, they repaired critical equipment failures including their power system and emergency water maker whilst battling 30-foot waves, sleep deprivation, and physical injuries, maintaining focus and morale in spite of difficult circumstances.
Audiences learn specific techniques for managing setbacks, building effective partnerships under pressure, and planning complex projects with multiple variables. Miriam and Jess share practical frameworks for stepping outside comfort zones and maintaining positivity during extended challenges.
Book Seas the Day to inspire your team with a fresh perspective on overcoming adversity through ingenuity, collaboration, and determination.
Seas the Day delivers powerful lessons in resilience and teamwork through their record-breaking Pacific Ocean crossing, showing audiences how to solve problems under extreme pressure and maintain focus when plans fall apart. Their authentic Gen Z perspective and practical frameworks for managing setbacks make them ideal speakers for teams seeking genuine inspiration and actionable strategies for overcoming adversity.
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Miriam Payne and Jess Rowe structure their talks around the Pacific row as a case study in real-time problem-solving, drawing on specific incidents — such as repairing their power system and emergency water maker mid-ocean — to illustrate frameworks for managing setbacks, building partnerships under pressure, and planning complex projects with multiple variables.
Seas The Day speak on resilience under extreme conditions, partnership and team dynamics, and problem-solving during complex, high-stakes challenges. Miriam Payne and Jess Rowe became the first women to row non-stop and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean mainland to mainland, covering 8,213 nautical miles in 165 days whilst raising nearly £100,000 for The Outward Bound Trust.
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