OCEAN ROWING SOCIETY INT. ARCHIVE
(in order of the dates of arrivals)

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Rows in 2012: (click on the name)

Bass Strait Row

Kieran Sweeney & Callum McDonald (2)

Janice Jakait

Tušmobil TransAtlantik

 Tom Dignum & Christian Howard

Erden Eruc (Atlantic SE - NW)

Bouvet Guyane 2012

Gabor Rakonczay (canoe)

Team Titan

Tommy Tippetts

Nicolas Carvajal

Sarah Outen

Charlie Martell

Laurence Grand-Clement &  Laurence De Rancourt

Ralph Tuijn

Paul Ridley, Collin West, Neal Mueller and Scott Mortensen

Charles Hedrich

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   Charles Hedrich (France)

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has rowed the Atlantic both ways non-stop - from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (French territory at the southern coast of Newfoundland) to Europe, along the coasts of France, Spain, Portugal, and then Morocco, to continue via Canary Islands and finish in the Caribbean.
 

Arrived in Martinique ( Petite Anse d'Arlet) 14°29N 61°04W  at 1:30GMT December 2nd 2012 (December 1st 21:30 local time)

Congratulations to Charles on becoming the first person to row the Atlantic both ways non-stop !

   Paul Ridley, Collin West, Neal Mueller and Scott Mortensen  (USA)

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intended to be the first to row  across the Arctic Ocean, a non-stop journey of 1,300 miles of open water,  starting in Inuvik, Canada and landing in Providenya, Russia. Adverse weather conditions forced them to change the destination for Point Hope, Alaska.
 

Completed their journey in Point Hope, AK at 22:46GMT (1:46pm local time) on August 26th 2012

  Ralph Tuijn (Netherlands) 

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has undertaken the second attempt of a solo non-stop row across the Indian Ocean in his ocean rowboat Me Inc, from mainland Australia to mainland Africa. This had to be Ralph's third ocean crossing after the row across the Atlantic E-W (in pair with his brother Mike Tuijn. from La Gomera to Curacao, 2006) and the Pacific E-W solo (2007/08 from Callao, Peru  to Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, via Atafu and Fiji)
 

Arrived to Cocos Island on October 8th, 2012 at 6:00GMT. He will continue his trip in Spring 2013
 

  Ralph Tuijn (Netherlands) 

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has attempted a solo non-stop row across the Indian Ocean in his ocean rowboat Me Inc, from mainland Australia to mainland Africa. This was going to be Ralph's third ocean crossing after the row across the Atlantic E-W (in pair with his brother Mike Tuijn) from La Gomera to Curacao, 2006 and the Pacific E-W solo, 2007/08 from Callao, Peru  to Rabaul, Papua New Guinea (via Atafu and Fiji)
 

 Mathieu Bonnier (France)

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after rowing the Atlantic E-W solo (Trades II, 2009) and more than 2500 km in Baffin Bay and the Northwest Passage (2010), is rowing the Atlantic W-E solo in his ocean rowboat Liteboat, from Cape Cod to France (to finish by crossing the Ouessant Island Meridien)    
 

According to land team of Mathieu, due to extremely bad current weather conditions and forecasts,
on June 30, 2012 Mathieu took a hard decision to stop his attempt and to row back to land.
Took a tow from the Canadian Coastguard off shores of Nova Scotia on July 2, 2012 at 5:00GMT, landed in Halifax at 8:00GMT  

  Bruno Froideval (France)

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after rowing the Atlantic E-W (2007, in team with Olivier Bertonnier) intends to row the Atlantic W-E solo in his ocean rowboat Caouanne, from Chatham, Cape Cod, USA to Saint Jacques, France. The start is scheduled for June 2012, simultaneously with his friend Mathieu Bonnier 
Press Article >>> 14.06.12  

Bruno cancelled his attempt . Landed in Nova Scotia on June 29 2012 at 01:45GMT  

 Charlie Martell (GB)

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is rowing the Pacific W-E, from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco, USA in a bid to become the first Briton to successfully row along this route solo in his ocean rowboat Blossom.
Charlie has rowed the Atlantic W-E -  2006, Team Hesco.
 

At approximately 0900BST on 7 June Charlie had to issue a distress call to Falmouth Coastguard, following damage sustained to his boat while passing through tropical storm Mawar

Russian crew of bulk carrier MV Last Tycoon, which is headed for Vancouver,
recovered Charlie Martell at 21:18 BST on June 8, 2012

  Sarah Outen (GB)

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having rowed the Indian Ocean (2009) and cycled from Tower Bridge to Tokyo (April-November 2011) as part of the expedition "London to London Via the World", is now rowing the Pacific W-E on board Gulliver.
 

09.45 BST 8 June 2012 Sarah Outen safe on board Zao the rescue boat

  Erden Eruç (Turkey)

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continues the Human Powered Circumnavigation expedition; he has completed his row across the Atlantic SE-NW, from Luderitz, Namibia to Guiria, Venezuela and across the Caribbean Sea from Carupano, Venezuela to Calcasieu Pass, LA., USA

Landed at Public Launch in Cameron, Louisiana, USA on Sunday , May 27 2012 at 18:12GMT

   Nicolas Carvajal (GB)

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has completed his solo row across the Atlantic E-W, from Gran Canaria to French Guyana in his boat Pito, to raise funds for Cancer Research.
 

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has completed his row of the Atlantic E to W solo in his ocean rowboat KED ENDEAVOUR,  from La Gomera to Barbados to become the youngest male solo ocean rower (22y 301d at the start). The first attempt was made as part of the Woodvale 2011 Race, but was aborted due to technical problems.
 

Simon Chalk (skipper), Liam Steevenson, Paul Williams (UK);
Franck Festor, Patrick Favre (France); Bryan Fuller (USA), Toby Wallace (UK/USA),
Noel Watkins (NZ)

 Team of 8 onboard Titan have completed the row of the Atlantic E-W from Gran Canaria to Barbados in attempt to break the existing record, set by Matt Craughwell and his crew on board Sara G in 2011, by arriving to Barbados in less than 32 days

TIME  ELAPSED
Days : hours : minutes : seconds
34 : 15 : 31 : 00
t.b.c.

Left Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria on Sunday,  February 26th 2012  at 6:59GMT

Arrived in Port St Charles, Barbados on March 31, 2012 at approx. 22:30GMT (17:30 local time) - t.b.c.

    Gábor Rakonczay (Hungary)

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after rowing the Atlantic E-W 2007 in team with Andrea Pálos,  has crossed the Atlantic E-W solo onboard an ocean canoe. He has  paddled the first leg (640 nm) from Lagos (Portugal) to Las Palmas in 16 days. Gabor has become the first man to paddle an ocean by an ocean canoe.
 

Arrived to Antigua on March 25, 2012 (time to be confirmed)

The transatlantic rowing race of 23 solo 8m-long one-design boats
from Dakar, Sénégal to Cayenne, French Guiana
 is scheduled to start on January 29th 2012

TIME  ELAPSED
Days : hours : minutes : seconds
51 : 07 : 35 : 00

At 10:00GMT January 29, 2012 the horn sounded over Bernard'baie
and 23 boats in this year’s Bouvet Guyane Solo Atlantic Rowing Race crossed the start line
With arrival of the last competing boat Le Championnet skippered by Said Ben Amar
on March 20 2012 at 13:35GMT the Race was finished
 

  Erden Eruç (Turkey)

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continues the Human Powered Circumnavigation expedition; he has completed his Mozambique-Namibia bicycle stage which  included climbing the highest point in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro and is rowing across the Atlantic E-W, from Luderitz, Namibia to Cancun, Mexico

At 15:18GMT on March 6, 2012 Erden has rowed through the strait named Serpent's Mouth, leaving behind the Columbus Channel and entering the Gulf of Paria, and by this he has officially completed his row across the Atlantic

Landed in Guiria, Venezuela at 18:53GMT on March 11, 2012 

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Team Oar Raisers have completed their row across the Atlantic E-W from Gran Canaria to Barbados to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s Disease.

Marin Medak (Slovenia), skipper, Alastair Humphreys, Simon Osborne and Stephen Bowens (GB)

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are rowing the Atlantic E-W from Canary Islands to Barbados on board Tušmobil TransAtlantik to complete the challenge of their lives. 

At  00:07GMT Feb 27th 2012 Tušmobil TransAtlantik crossed the longitude of the North Point of Barbados and by that has officially completed the row across the Atlantic.

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has completed her row across the Atlantic E to W solo  in her boat  "Bifröst" (aka Spirit of Fernie) - from Portimao, Portugal to Barbados.
 Janice has become the first woman to row solo from mainland Europe, the First German to row an ocean solo and she rowed the  longest distance by a woman on the Atlantic.

    David Whiddon and Lloyd Figgins (GB)

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have rowed the Atlantic E-W from Agadir, Morocco to Barbados onboard Atlantic Calling to raise money for  the Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Arrived to Barbados on February 18, 2012 at 01:00GMT (21:00 local time, February 17, 2012)

Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
 Rowing Race 2011
from San Sebastian de La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain to Barbados

Solo, Pairs, Fours, Six

TIME  ELAPSED

Days : hours : minutes : seconds
75 : 01 : 29 : 00

Left San Sebastian de la Gomera, Canary Islands on December 5, 2011 at 12:00GMT 
The last boat landed in Barbados on February 18, 2012 at  13:29GMT 

Aldo Diana, Ken Maynard, Graham Witham and Jason Howard-Ady (GB)

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ex-Royal marines - all served together 25 years ago - have completed a row across the Atlantic E-W, from Canary islands to Barbados onboard their ocean rowboat HM&S TWIGGY

Kieran Sweeney & Callum McDonald (GB)

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are undertaking their third attempt to pedal the Atlantic from Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria to Barbados onboard their one-of-a-kind human powered ocean pedal craft the “Lydia Rose”.
 

  Margaret Bowling (skipper), Ben Turner and Clark Carter (Australia)

TIME
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Days : hours : minutes : seconds
03 : 00 : 00 : 00

are rowing from Wilsons Promontory, Victoria to Hobart, Tasmania via the Bass Strait on Old Mutual Endurance.
The expedition is a test run for Ben's 2012  Pacific Ocean E to W row.

Left Victoria on  January  27th 2012 (time t.b.c)
Row interrupted on January 30th 2012 due to Ben's injury.
 

Message from Margaret Bowling, 31.01.12   07:17GMT:
Water Police chosen to tow us back when they pick Ben up for broken arm. Disappointed not to be able to continue this ocean rowing adventure, for now.

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Matt Craughwell, Skipper, Ian Rowe (both UK), Aodhan Kelly (Ireland),
Mark Beaumont (Scotland), Simon Brown and Yaacov Mutnikas (UK)

 Crew of 6 on board Sara G was rowing the Atlantic E - W from Tarfaya, Morocco to PSC, Barbados in attempt to break the current world speed record (3.896 m/h) set by Sara G crew on February 8th 2011 and to become the first sub 30day crew.
 

TIME  ELAPSED

Days : hours : minutes : seconds
28 : 00 : 00 : 00

Left  Tarfaya, Morocco on January 2nd 2012 at 13:00GMT

  Row interrupted at 11:00GMT on January 30th 2012  
 

At approx. 02:00GMT on January 31st 2012  the crew was picked up by bulker Nord Taipei .
 ETA to Gibraltar - February 9, 2012.  Press article >>>  

Kieran Sweeney & Callum McDonald (GB)

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have undertaken the second attempt to pedal the Atlantic from Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria to Barbados onboard their one-of-a-kind human powered ocean pedal craft the “Lydia Rose”.
 

Nigel Cherrie, Martin Berka, James Blake and Andrew McCowan (NZ)  

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 the four-man 'Team Gallagher' rowing team became the first New Zealand team to row the Tasman, using the iconic harbour bridges of Sydney and Auckland as the start and finish lines.

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successfully completed the row across the Atlantic E-W solo in his ocean rowboat Virgin London Marathon,  from Gran Canaria to Barbados.