"The boat was built in England, the trip began in New Zealand. It's like a global corporation."
His boat overturned four times during the crossing, resulting in the vessel losing part of its solar panels which were used for water desalination.
There were only 50 days of relatively good weather, compared to 100 days of storms which included waves up to 10 metres high and wind gusts of 100km/h.
However, on Friday (NZ Time), the International Ocean Rowing Society confirmed Konyukhov had completed his journey over the Southern Pacific Ocean.
His row from Dunedin to Cape Horn is just the first of three legs in his 27,000km journey around the world in his specially-built rowboat.
The second leg will begin in December, from Cape Horn to Cape Leeuwin, in Western Australia south of Perth.
The third stage will begin in December 2020, from Australia back to Dunedin.
In addition to the rowing journey, Konyukhov broke the world record for flying around the world in a hot air balloon in 2016, completing it in just 11 days.
Meanwhile, between 2013 and 2014, he crossed the South Pacific Ocean alone between Concón, Chile to Brisbane, Australia.