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ORS International has renewed its relationship with Guinness World Records >>> | |||
![]() Guinness World Records and ORS International celebrates 40 years since the beginning of keeping records of oceanrowing by Squadron Leader D.H. Clarke D.F.C., A.F.C. ('Nobby' to his friends) >>> |
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At
The Southampton Boat Show at 11.30 on Monday, September 18th
2006 |
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(the following names are the names of only a small
part of those oceanrowers who deserve recognition |
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Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax |
The first to row the Pacific Ocean |
Pacific E-W
Atlantic E-W |
1972
1969 |
Sylvia Cook - the first woman to row any ocean Pacific | |||
John
Fairfax - the first
to row any ocean solo
Atlantic Boat 'Britannia' |
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the first person to row two oceans Atlantic and Pacific | |||
Boat 'Britannia', Boat 'Britannia II' | |||
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Peter Bird | The first person to row across the Pacific solo | Pacific E-W | 1982 |
The longest total time spent in an ocean rowboat at sea – 930 days |
Atlantic E-W Pacific E-W Pacific W-E |
1974 - 1996 | |
The longest total distance rowed by an oceanrower – 21,275 miles | |||
The longest row non-stop – 304 days | Pacific W - E | 1993-1994 | |
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Gerard d‘Aboville | The first person to row across two oceans solo | ||
Boat ‘Captaine Cook’ Atlantic |
Atlantic W-E from USA |
1980 | |
Boat ‘Sector’ Pacific | Pacific W-E | 1991 | |
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Diana Hoff |
The
oldest female oceanrower, solo
Atlantic - 55 years old Boat ‘Star Atlantic II' |
Atlantic E-W | 1999-2000 |
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Pavel Rezvoy |
The
oldest oceanrower, solo
Atlantic - 65 years old Boat ‘Marion-Lviv’ Indian - 66 years old Boat ‘Ukraine' |
Atlantic E-W Indian E-W |
2004 2005 |
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Martin Adkin |
The
youngest oceanrower Atlantic - 19 years
old. Ocean Four Boat ‘All Relative’ |
Atlantic E-W | 2005 |
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Oliver Hicks |
The
youngest solo oceanrower, 23 years old. The first person to row the Atlantic W-E from USA solo from land to land Boat ‘Miss Olive’ |
Atlantic W-E from USA |
2005 |
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Sam Knight | The youngest solo oceanrower to row the Atlantic E-W, 23 years old. Boat ‘Pacific Pete. TNT’ | Atlantic E-W | 2004 |
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Simon Chalk |
The
youngest person to row the Indian Ocean, solo – 30 years old Boat ‘True Spirit’ |
Indian E-W | 2003 |
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Jim Shekhdar |
The
fastest solo row across the South Pacific - 273 days 13h 12m.
Boat ‘Le Shark’ |
Pacific E-W | 2000 |
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Crew of Shaun Barker Jason Hart Phil Langman Yorkie Lomas |
The first Ocean Four to row
an ocean. The fastest Four to row the Atlantic E-W - 36days 59min Boat ‘Queensgate’ |
Atlantic E-W | 2004 |
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Crew of George Rock, Robert Munslow, Nigel Morris Steven Dawson |
The first Ocean Four to row
the Atlantic W-E The fastest row of the Atlantic W-E from Canada - 39 days 22h 10min 30sec Boat ‘Naturally Best’ |
Atlantic
W-E from Canada |
2005 |
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Crew of Gijs Groeneveld Robert Hoeve Jaap Koomen and Maarten Staarink |
The first Ocean Four to row
the Atlantic W-E from USA The fastest Four to row the Atlantic W-E from USA - 60 days 16h 19min Boat ‘Vopak Victory' |
Atlantic W-E from USA |
2005 |
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Crew of Brad Vickers, Dylan Le Valley, Greg Spooner, Jordan Hanssen |
The first
Ocean Four to row the Atlantic W-E land to land Boat 'James Robert Hanssen' |
Atlantic W-E from USA |
2006 |
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Crew of Ben Fouracre, Charles Edward Martell, Mark Waterson and Pete Rowlands |
The oldest
Ocean Four to row an ocean, combined age -162 years ( 59,812 days ) The longest distance - as the crow flies - rowed in the Atlantic W-E : 3317 miles (5337 km) (2882 nautical miles) Boat 'Team Hesco' powered by Commando Joe |
Atlantic W-E from USA |
2006 |
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Crew of Martin Adkin, Justin Adkin, Robert Adkin and James Green |
The
youngest
Ocean Four to row any ocean, combined age- 92 years Boat 'All Relative' |
Atlantic E-W | 2005 |
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Stein Hoff |
The first person to row the Atlantic from mainland
Europe (Portugal) to mainland South America (Guyana) , solo
. Boat ‘Star Atlantic II’ |
Atlantic E-W | 2002 |
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Stuart Boreham |
The
first physically disabled to row an ocean, solo. Boat 'Macmillan Spirit' |
Atlantic E-W | 2003 |
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Matt Boreham | Boat ‘Alison May’, the smallest ocean rowboat to successfully cross an ocean - 16’ long | Atlantic E-W | 2004 |
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Michael Perrens |
The
first person to row an ocean twice in one year in “double” Boat 'Carpe Diem' (with Chris Morgan) Boat 'Britannia Endeavour' (with Frank Gargan) |
Atlantic E-W | 2004 |
Michael Perrens Frank Gargan |
The fastest European
double to row the Atlantic E-W - 40 days 17h 28min Boat 'Britannia Endeavour' |
Atlantic E-W |
2004 |
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Leven Brown |
The
first person to row the Atlantic from mainland Spain to West Indies
(Trinidad and Tobago), solo. Boat 'Atlantic Wholff' |
Atlantic E-W | 2005 - 2006 |
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Jan Meek and Daniel Byles |
The
first ‘Mother and Son” crew Boat ‘Carpe Diem’ |
Atlantic E-W | 1997 |
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Sally Kettle and Sarah Kettle |
The
first ‘Mother and Daughter” crew Boat ‘Calderdale - Yorkshire Challenger’ |
Atlantic E-W | 2004 |
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Robert Munslow |
The first person to row the Atlantic W-E solo from
Canada to UK land to land. Boat ‘Carnegie X-Stream’ |
Atlantic W-E from Canada | 2006 |
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List of the rowers who are getting their Guinness World Records certificates on Sept 18th in chronological order of their achievements and row numbers |
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ROW NUMBER |
YEAR OF THE ROW |
ROWER |
3 |
1969 |
John Fairfax |
8 |
1971 - 1972 |
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8 | 1971 - 1972 | Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax |
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9 | 1974 | Peter Bird |
12 | 1980 - 1981 | |
14 | 1982 - 1983 | |
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11 | 1980 | Gerard d‘Aboville |
23 | 1991 | |
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53 | 1997 |
Jan Meek and Daniel Byles |
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55 | 1999 - 2000 | Diana Hoff |
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46 | 1997 | Jim Shekhdar |
58 | 2000 | |
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50 | 1997 | Stein Hoff |
97 | 2002 | |
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44 | 1997 | Simon Chalk |
102 | 2003 | |
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120 | 2003 - 2004 | Stuart Boreham |
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122 | 2004 |
Shaun Barker
Jason Hart Phil Langman Yorkie Lomas |
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123 | 2004 | Michael Perrens |
137 | 2004 | |
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126 | 2004 | Sam Knight |
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127 | 2004 | Pavel Rezvoy |
146 | 2005 | |
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130 | 2004 | Matt Boreham |
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132 | 2004 |
Sally Kettle and Sarah Kettle |
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137 | 2004 |
Michael Perrens Frank Gargan |
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141 | 2005 |
George Rock, Robert Munslow, Nigel Morris, Steven Dawson |
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142 | 2005 |
Gijs Groeneveld Robert Hoeve Jaap Koomen, Maarten Staarink |
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143 | 2005 | Oliver Hicks |
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145 | 2005 - 2006 | Leven Brown |
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149 | 2005 - 2006 |
Martin Adkin |
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149 | 2005 - 2006 |
Martin Adkin,
Justin Adkin, Robert Adkin, James Green |
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171 | 2006 |
Brad Vickers, Dylan Le Valley, Greg Spooner, Jordan Hanssen |
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173 | 2006 |
Ben Fouracre,
Charles Edward Martell, Mark Waterson, Pete Rowlands |
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141 | 2005 | Robert Munslow |
174 | 2006 | |
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