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Rows in 2008:

On Friday, December 12 2008 just after 05:00GMT (4pm AEDT)  a New Zealand-registered tug boat KATEA picked up Alex Bellini in the Tasman Sea, 65 n/miles from the coast of mainland Australia . Click here for details >>>
The vessel arrived in the Hunter Valley port of Newcastle around 9am on Saturday where Alex was met by his wife.

Congratulations to Alex Bellini
on his great effort in completing the Pacific Ocean crossing
and becoming the first Italian to row two oceans solo !

    Statistics of the Pacific Ocean Rows

Statistics of the Longest Total Time at Sea - "Club 250+"
Alex's total time at sea is 540 days - the 3rd longest duration.
He is only one day short  to beat the time of John Fairfax for total time at sea, the second longest duration, -  541day

Rows of more than 180 days - ''Club 180+''
The duration of Alex's row equals the time of the first solo row across the Pacific
- Peter Bird's row from SF to Australia in 294 days

Sergey & Alexander Sinelnik  (Russia)

TIME
 ELAPSED

days : hours : minutes : seconds
02: 14: 00: 00 

twin-brothers undertook the second attempt to row the Indian Ocean from Australia to Mascarene Islands (Mauritius or Reunion) in their boat "Rus" (ancient for 'Russia') .

Left Carnarvon, WA. on June 16 2008 at 09:30GMT (17:30WST)
On June 19th 2008  Sergey activated EPIRB on board Rus
As he told ORS Int Alexaner had heart problem. Coast Guard requested a passing by vessel to assist the rowers. Brothers and their boat were picked up by a tanker on its way to Perth. After being seen by doctor Alexander was airlifted by Coast Guard helicopter and delivered to Carnarvon hospital. Sergey arrived to Perth four days later, on June 23rd

Chris Jenkins, Tim Garratt, Wayne Davey, Joby Newton (GB)

TIME
 ELAPSED

days : hours : minutes : seconds
12: 18: 00: 00  

Four island rowers from the Scilly Isles made an attempt to row the Atlantic W-E from Liberty Island, off New York to the Bishop's Rock Lighthouse, aiming to land "home" on Saint Mary's Scilly Isles UK.

See photos of Scilly Boys in NY >>>

Departed from berth D Liberty Landing Marina, N.J. on June 1st 2008 at 13:11:54GMT (09:11:54 EDT)

Row ended on June 14th 2008

Around 1:00am June 14 2008 the boat capsized in heavy seas with all 4 rowers inside two cabins. Rowers were rescued by US Coast Guard and are now safe onboard tanker Gulf Grace
Click here for details >>>
On June 16th at 07:37GMT Argos beacon on board Row 4 Home started to send signals, but unfortunately not for long - it  stopped transmitting again - the last signal was sent on June 18th at 20:09GMT

Andy Clark & Pete Lumley (GB)

TIME
 ELAPSED

days : hours : minutes : seconds
00:00:00:00  

attempted to row the Atlantic W - E from USA to UK, from Liberty Island off NY to Mousehole, Cornwall.  

Departed at 7am EDT on Sunday, June 1st 2008
Due to injury of Pete Lumley were towed back to Liberty Island on June 2nd

   Erden Eruç (Turkey)

TIME
 ELAPSED

days : hours : minutes : seconds
312 : 02 : 00 : 00 

rowed the Pacific Ocean E-W solo from Spud Point Marina, Bodega Bay, CA. (approx. 40 miles North of San Francisco Bay) to Papua New Guinea in his boat Around-n-Over

Left Spud Point Marina, Bodega Bay, CA. at 13:30GMT (6:30PST) July 10 2007
 On May 8, 2008 at 10:50:54GMT Erden crossed the Equator at 144.3963E
and on May 17, 2008 at approx. 12:00GMT crossed it for the second time
Erden is the only ocean rower who crossed the equator twice during one row.
 
On May 9 2008,  Erden  broke Peter Bird's record of the longest solo row (1993-1994, 304 days)
The row is finished on May 17th 2008 at 14:57GMT

Alex Mutsaars, Gerrit-Jan Spaans, Rob van Sundert and Pierre van Leeuwen (NL)

 Ocean rowboat Bright Spark  -  a row across the South China Sea is over

On May 4 2008 two 50 year old friends from Hong Kong - a 747/400 Captain John Graham and an Airbus captain Stu Pryke, - started their ASIA MILES challenge, rowing the South China Sea from Subic to Hebe Haven in Hong Kong in the boat "Sunny", formerly known as "Bright Spark" (built by Rossiter Yachts in 2001). The previous name was  secured by plate to the inner transom bulkhead. Due to adverse weather the row ended May 12 2008. The team was picked up by a container ship, search for  the boat goes on
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Jose Toledo (France) 

TIME
 ELAPSED

days : hours : minutes : seconds
28 : 05 : 11 : 00

made an attempt to row the Atlantic East-West along the route Trade Winds 2 - from Dakar, Senegal to Natal, Brazil, distance of 1860 miles (3.000km) (1600 n/miles) as the crow flies.  

Left Dakar, Senegal on April 18th 2008 at 14:49GMT
On May 16th 2008 ORS Int received a call from French Coast Guard and was informed that  EPIRB  had been activated on board Oceanite.
 The boat has capsized, Jose is safe though needs medical assistance - he has broken his collar bone.
At approx. 20:00GMT Jose was picked up by Brazilian Navy.