found: Small boat against the sea : the story of the first trans-world rowing attempt, 1976:t.p. (Peter Bird)
found: Ocean Rowing Society International WWW site, June 9, 2011(Peter Bird; Peter Kevin Bird; declared "dead presumed lost at sea," June 1996)
found: British Library letter from author, pre-20 Oct. 1988(Peter Kevin Bird, born 19 February 1947)
found: Wikipedia, viewed 20 Dec. 2018:under Peter Bird, rower (Peter Bird was a British ocean rower who, in 1983, became the first person ever to row non-stop and solo across the Pacific from east to west when he completed his journey from America to Australia)