( CNN ) -- A British adventurer rescued after a failed attempt to sail solo around the globe says she is relieved to be back on land . Sara Outen tweeted a photo of herself late Saturday from a Japanese hospital where she is undergoing evaluation after the nation 's coast guard rescued her when her boat became disabled . `` Relieved to be back on land and with friends , '' Outen tweeted . Outen began her solo circumnavigation April 1 , 2011 , in London with plans to cycle , row and kayak more than 20,000 miles . She hoped to finish in London in autumn 2013 . She was traveling alone when her boat was damaged during a tropical storm , rolling several times . A nearby merchant vessel and a coast guard plane kept watch on her until the rescue ship arrived . Outen kept followers apprised of her ordeal in real time , tweeting from sea : `` Focusing on calm trying2 block out wind and waves . Visualizing family and friends pulling us in . '' More from Mainsail : The sailing world 's hardest race . She was rescued Friday , though rough waters made it impossible for the Japan coast guard to tow her boat Gulliver back to port . `` As expected , due to adverse sea conditions , it was not possible to tow Gulliver back to land. , '' Outen 's support team , London2London , said in a blog post Saturday . The team was `` looking at options regarding Gulliver . '' Outen was halfway to her goal when her boat was damaged . Her team says she has cycled and kayaked more than 11,000 miles , going through countries including Germany , Poland , Ukraine , Kazakhstan and China . Meanwhile , a second solo British rower who was stranded about 280 miles northeast of where Outen was found has been rescued , according to his website . Charlie Martell was attempting to row 6,000 miles across the Pacific when his boat was disabled by the same tropical storm that damaged Outen 's Gulliver . He was rescued late Friday by a Russian crew , his website said . `` Charlie spoke briefly to his support team to confirm that he is in good shape and uninjured , following a 36-hour wait since issuing the mayday signal , '' according to a posting on his website . CNN 's Kyung Lah in Tokyo contributed to this report .
Sarah Outen tweets a picture of herself from a Japanese hospital . Outen was attempting a round-the-world solo journey when her boat was damaged . She was rescued by the Japan Coast Guard , though her boat is still at sea . Another solo British rower is also rescued .