Book offers already rolling in for rower

Shaun Quincey followed in his father's footsteps by becoming the second to row solo across the Tasman. Photo / Greg Bowker

Tasman sea rower Shaun Quincey has already received offers from publishers eager to produce a book about his epic solo row across the Tasman Sea.

The 25-year-old will meet the publishers next week after spending this week doing media interviews and promotional work.

He has already written 60 pages describing what went on and how he felt during his journey.

Little bits of paper were used to write the daily logs - until they got really wet when his boat capsized.

"After that, I kept a video diary just to keep the content, so I'll definitely look at doing a book."

Quincey became the second person to row solo across the Tasman. His father, Colin Quincey, did it in the opposite direction in 1977.

After he achieved the feat, Colin Quincey wrote a book about his feat. Shaun said "it would be nice to have two of them [books] there".

This weekend, he is taking his partner to Taupo and "switching off the phones" as life begins to return to normal.

"We're going to just chill out.

"It's been quite hard actually. I haven't been able to sleep or anything, but I guess that's part of the trip."

Quincey told the Weekend Herald that after spending 54 days at sea, he was getting used to life back on land.

And when he hasn't been doing interviews, he has been catching up with what news he missed while he was gone.

Despite his having missed most of summer, no single news event stood out for him.

"There's been heaps of stuff - just little things that people are talking about - and I think, 'What are you saying'. Because I was away from New Year's."