Rotorua's Scott Donaldson will have a second go at crossing the Tasman in his kayak.
"I am going to have another crack at the transtasman crossing," he told the Rotorua Daily Post yesterday. "I am doing everything a little bit differently this time."
Changes for the 2016 attempt would include a different design for his kayak, he said.
Mr Donaldson blamed the failure of his attempt this year on a broken rudder, which cost him time and food.
"I got it right, more or less, last time. It was the rudder breaking halfway that really sealed the deal last time; the way it was broken meant I couldn't fix it.
"The rudder made things run over last time, and there were factors that spun out of that like running out of food and losing time.
"But mentally and physically I have got it right."
He said he wanted to complete the crossing to illustrate the theories that he had taught.
"Basically it was that I have been teaching outside-of-the box things in Rotorua, and I basically just want to put the theories into practice and take it to the limit.
"I wanted to test those theories.
"There are no conditions that I haven't practised for or planned and expected. Now I just need to organise the next one."
Mr Donaldson came agonisingly close to completing the crossing but had to be rescued on July 14, just 90km short of the Taranaki coast, due to worsening weather conditions.
He paddled more than 2200km from Coffs Harbour in his cramped purpose-built kayak and was at sea for 84 days.
His kayak was found on a Taranaki beach six weeks after it was abandoned off the coast.