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 2016
 

Arrivals in 2016:
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Davey du Plessis & Robyn Spence Wolff

Levente Kovácsik &  Norbert Ádám Szabó

Emma Mitchell,  Laura Penhaul , Natalia Cohen and  Meg Dyos

Martin Cruickshank & Fenella McAlister

James Ketchell & Anthony Thomas

James Whittle and Tommy Caulfield

Gemma Chalk, Clare Lanyon, Jane McIntosh and Olivia Wilson

Toby Wallace

The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2015

Patrick Favre, Aude Dove, Lucie Richard, Benjamin Fauchié, Nicolas Moriceau-Gomez, Francesco Tomba 

Matt Bennett, Oliver Bailey, Aldo Kane, Jason Fox, Ross Johnson

James Caple & Cindy Way

Jake Heath, Mel Parker, Susannah Cass and Luke Richmond

James Ketchell

Scott Butler

Wim Stevenson, Andrew Mason,  Fred Moore & Kyle Booysens

Guin Batten, Molly Brown, Alex Holt, Mary Sutherland & Gilly Mara
 

The Great Pacific Race

Stein Hoff

Riaan Manser & Vasti Geldenhuys

Karlis Bardelis & Gints Barkovskis

Ralph Tuijn

Team of 10 ORCA II 

 


   Ralph Tuijn (Netherland)

         
 

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made an attempt to row the Atlantic E-W solo non-stop from mainland Europe to mainland South America.

Left Ferragudo, Portugal  on December 17, 2016 at 13:43GMT
Rescued on December 19, 2016
Ocean Rows from Europe


 


  Roy Finley, Ted Jackson, Myles Jackson, Oscar Jackson, George Ardavanis, Tony Sheridan,  Mark Agnew,  Stuart Kinnaird, Simon Harris & Howard Wagstaff

have undertaken an attempt to row the Atlantic E-W from Gran Canaria to Barbados on board catamaran ORCA II in a bid to break the current speed record on the route Trade Winds I

Departed from Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria on December 14, 2016 at approx. 12:00GMT
Rescued (airlifted to Gran Canaria) on December 16, 2016 >>>  

 


  Fanch Landron,  Sophie Bernier & Guy Corgiolu (Reunion) 

       

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completed the row on the Indian Ocean route from Reunion to "Big Island" - to Madagascar,  a distance of  450 miles (725 km)(400 nm) on board OTrouble

In 2015 Fanch Landron  rowed across an Indian Ocean route -  from Reunion to the Island of Saint-Marie off the coast of Madagascar, a distance of 400 nautical miles, on board Otrouble in Pair with Olivier Bouchevreau

Departed from the Port St. Marie, Reunion Island on November 1, 2016 at 3:30GMT (7:30 local time)

Arrived to Île aux Nattes (a small island south of Île Sainte-Marie, an island off the east coast of Madagascar)
on November 9, 2016 at 04:30UTC

 


 Karlis Bardelis & Gints Barkovskis (Latvia)

         
 

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Bored of Borders team have taken the “slowest way” to Brazil - rowing on board Linda across the South Atlantic from Luderitz, Namibia, to Rio das Ostras, Brazil, the home country of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games


Left
Luderitz, Namibia on May 4, 2016 at 07:00GMT
Landed in Rio das Ostras, Brazil on September 23, 2016 at 02:35GMT

The First Pair to row across the South Atlantic Ocean
The First Latvians to row any ocean
 
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  Riaan Manser & Vasti  Geldenhuys (SA)

         
 

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are celebrating their honeymoon by rowing the Mid-Pacific route from California to Hawaii on board "Honeymoon". The couple have already rowed the Atlantic E-W in 2014 from African coast to NY.


Left
Monterey, CA. on July 15, 2016 at 14:21GMT
Landed at
 Waikiki Yacht Club in Ala Wai Boat Harbor, O'ahu, Hawaii
on August 23, 2016 at 19:07GMT (9:07am local time)

The team have become the first South Africans to row on any Pacific route.
This is the fastest row (Open Class) on the Mid-Pacific E-W route.

 
Mid-Pacific Rows

 


 Stein Hoff  (Norway)

       
 

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undertook an attempt to row  the Atlantic W-E solo on board Fox II to commemorate and honour the first ever row across an ocean by Norwegian-Americans Georg Harbo and Gabriel "Frank" Samuelsen 120 years earlier, as well as hoping to be the first Norwegian to row the Atlantic from West to East and the oldest (71) solo ocean rower to row any ocean


Left North Cove Yacht Harbor, Manhattan, New York at 12:00GMT (8:00EDT, local time) on May 15, 2016
 
 
06.08.2016
Day 83.
Stein's emergency beacon went off this morning at about 8 UTC.
A ship is diverting to Stein/Fox II and should be there at approx.17.30 UTC.

At 19:30UTC Stein was picked up by the ship Ludolf Ordendorff, heading to Sept Iles, QC. Canada

 


 
Run by New Ocean Wave
Pairs and Fours
from Monterey, California
to Diamond Head, O’ahu, Hawaii

8 teams started the race on June 4 2016, 6 teams have successfully arrived to Honolulu.
 The last team finished on July 31 2016 after 57 days 16hrs 9 min at sea


 

 Guin Batten, Molly Brown, Alex Holt, Mary Sutherland & Gilly Mara (UK)

       
 

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a Crew of Five "Rannoch Women's Challenge" are attempting to row the Atlantic W-E from New York to the Scilly Isles and on to Falmouth on board Liberty to become the first all-women crew to row the Atlantic W-E
 

Left Liberty Landing Marina,  New Jersey, USA
at 16:00GMT (12:00EDT)  on June 7, 2016

Crossed the Bishop's Rock longitude on July 26, 2016 at 05:49GMT after 48 days 13 hours 49 minutes at sea
and made landfall in Falmouth on July 27, 2016 at 5:30GMT

The First all-female team to row the Atlantic W-E
 

Wim Stevenson (skipper), Andrew Mason,  Fred Moore & Kyle Booysens (UK)

       
 

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a Crew of Four Rough & Ready are rowing clockwise around GB, from and to London's Tower Bridge.

Departed from Tower Bridge
on Friday, June 3, 2016
 at 11:00BST (10:00GMT) 
Arrived to Tower Bridge on July 14, 2016 at 9:15BST (8:15GMT)

   Scott Butler (UK) 

         
 

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completed the second (rowing) leg of his journey from UK to the summit of Elbrus, which consists of 1800 mile cycle ride through Europe to the Western coast of the Black Sea (Burgas, Bulgaria), a solo row of 750 miles across the Black Sea, on board Pacific Pete, to the far reaches of the Eastern coast (Batumi, Georgia), a bicycle ride of couple of hundred miles to the base of Mount Elbrus and finally - climbing the highest mountain in Europe.
He had finished his cycling leg to Bulgaria in 2015, but had to postpone the start of the sea journey for a year

Left  Burgas, Bulgaria at 5:58UTC (8:58 local time) on Sunday, June 12 2016
Touched the land of Batumi,  Adjara (Georgia)
at noon on July 11, 2016

The First recorded Solo row across the Black Sea

James Ketchell (GB)

         
 

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has made an attempt to row solo, non-stop and unsupported around the coast of Great Britain, a distance of almost 2,000 miles. A feat that has not yet been achieved by anyone (solo). The row was planned to start from and to London’s iconic Tower Bridge and take James clockwise around GB

Started his row from St Katherine's Dock, London on Saturday, June 25  2016 at 17:00BST
Row is over in Dover on July 1, 2016 due to health problem

 

 James Caple & Cindy Way (USA)

       
 

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made an attempt to row the Atlantic W-E from Massachusetts USA to Ireland (preferably Dingle) on board Nautilus  to become the first American pair (and for Cindy - the first American female) and the first mixed crew  to row the Atlantic W-E.
 

Left Scituate, MA. at 1pm EDT ( 17:00GMT) on June 6, 2016 

Due to damages caused to the boat by storm, Nautilus and her crew were towed into Provincetown, MA
on  Wednesday afternoon, June 8, 2016
 

Atlantic W-E Rows

 

 Jake Heath, Mel Parker, Susannah Cass (UK) &
 Luke Richmond (UK / Australia)

       
 

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The team "Row 2 Rio" set off on January 9, 2016 from the Olympic Park in Stratford, London, to cycle to Lagos, Portugal, and from there they began their row to Brazil.

Departed from Lagos, Portugal on February 29, 2016 at 9:00GMT
Landed
at
Pontinhas (30 miles N of Recife), Odivelas, Brazil  
on April 23, 2016 at 19:45GMT

The First team of Four,
 The First mixed team,
The First women
 to row the Atlantic E-W from Europe to South America mainland to mainland
 

 

 


Matt Bennett, Oliver Bailey, Aldo Kane, Jason Fox, Ross Johnson (GB)

 
 

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Team of Five have rowed across the Atlantic E-W from mainland Europe to mainland South America, from Lagos, Portugal to Venezuela on board Essence - in attempt to become the first team to row from Europe to South America non-stop.

 

Left Lagos, Portugal  on February 7, 2016
Made landfall in north-eastern Venezuela on March 28, 2016

The First team  to row the Atlantic E-W from Europe to South America mainland to mainland;


 

 Patrick Favre, Aude Dove, Lucie Richard, Benjamin Fauchié, Nicolas Moriceau-Gomez (all France), Francesco Tomba (Italy/UK)

       
 
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Team of Six skippered by Patrick Favre have rowed across the Atlantic E-W from Gran Canaria to Guadeloupe on board Grand Expedition in a bid to beat the speed record.

Left Puerto De Mogan, Gran Canaria on January 26, 2016 at 10:25GMT
Arrived to Guadeloupe (touched land of Isle of Gossier) on March 15, 2016 at 08:22GMT (04:22 local time)
 


The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2015 Run by Atlantic Campaigns
from San Sebastian de La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain

Solo, Pairs, Fours.  (the list of entrants >>>)
Tracking page >>>

Started from San Sebastian de La Gomera on Sunday 20, 2015 at 09:00GMT

 

Simon Chalk, Graham Walters, Roger Davis, Iwan Hughes, Richard Wattam (GB),
Murray Faber, Mike Johnson (both Zimbabwe), Dolores Desclaveliere (France)

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Team of Eight on board Toby Wallace made an attempt to row the Atlantic E-W from Gran Canaria to Barbados aiming to beat the World Speed Record
 

Left  Marina Puerto De Mogan on January 29, 2016 at 00:00:01GMT

On Monday morning February 15, 2016
Michael Johnson was swept off his seat and into the sea.

The area was searched throughout day until fading light forced an end to operations with no sign of Michael.

The remaining 7 crew of the Toby Wallace were transferred to the search ship (For details >>>)

 



It is with  heavy heart we have to inform about a tragedy at sea onboard Toby Wallace:

Michael Johnson (21, Zimbabwe)
a crew member of  Toby Wallace rowboat,
 is missing at sea.  >>>

 

 

Gemma Chalk, Clare Lanyon, Jane McIntosh and Olivia Wilson  (UK)

   

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undertook an attempt to row the Atlantic E - W on board Fire Ant from Gran Canaria to Barbados chasing the current female speed record

Left Puerto De Mogan January 26, 2016 at 10:00GMT.
Due to capsize,
broken oars and damage to navigation and safety equipment, the team was
rescued
on the evening of February 13, 2016
 

 

 James Whittle and Tommy Caulfield (UK)

       

 

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"The Tempest Two" have rowed the Atlantic E-W from Gran Canaria to Barbados.

Set to sea on December 18, 2015
Arrived to Barbados on February 10 2016

 

 

 James Ketchell & Anthony Thomas (UK)

       

 

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undertook an attempt to cross the Atlantic E-W from Canary Islands to Antigua on board a pedal/rowing boat

Set to sea on January 31, 2016.
Rescued (airlifted) due to health problem on February 9, 2016
 

   Martin Cruickshank (Croatia) & Fenella McAlister (UK)

       

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undertook an attempt to row the Atlantic E-W from Sagres (extreme south-west tip of Portugal) to Barbados in their boat Fifty-Fifty.
When successful they would become the first team of brother & sister,  and Martin - the first Croatian to row an ocean.


Left Sagres, Portugal  on November 23 2015 at 13:45GMT 
On January 19, 2016 took a tow to Lanzarote
Intend to restart the row across the Atlantic the next year..
 
Stats of Atlantic E-W Rows by Pairs Atlantic E-W Rows from Europe

 
Emma Mitchell,  Laura Penhaul , Natalia Cohen and  Meg Dyos (GB)    

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after having completed the second leg of their row across the Pacific E-W (1.California-Hawaii, 2.Hawaii-Samoa)  rowed on to Australia on board Doris,  to become the first all-female crew to row across the Pacific.
For the second leg (Hawaii - Samoa)
Lizanne Van Vuuren replaced  Isabel Burnham
For the final third leg Lizanne
Van Vuuren had been replaced by Meg Dyos

Left San Francisco on April 20, 2015 at 21:45GMT. Arrived to Hawaii  on July 20, 2015  after
68 days 1h 30 min at sea.

Left Hawaii on July 29 2015 . Arrived in Apia, Samoa  on Sunday, November 1, 2015 after
95 days 20hrs 39 min at sea
Left Apia, Samoa on November 9, 2015 at 21:30GMT
Arrived to Australia on January 25, 2016 at 00:15GMT

 The first all-female crew to row across the Pacific


Women Ocean Rowers Ocean Rows To Australia
 
 

 Levente Kovácsik &  Norbert Ádám Szabó (Hungary)

       

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completed their paddling the Atlantic E-W on board ocean kayak Kele, from Spain to English Harbour, Antigua with a stop over in Gran Canaria, to become the first team of Two to complete such a voyage.

Departed from Mazagon, Spain (Gulf of Cadiz) on October 21, 2015 at 19:05GMT
  Arrived in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria on November 11, 2015 at 05:00GMT
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20 : 09 : 55 : 00
Left Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria on November 27, 2015 at 13:50GMT
Arrived to Antigua on January 30, 2016 at 06:00GMT
Days : hours : minutes : seconds
63 : 16 : 10 : 00
The First team to paddle across the Atlantic Ocean

 


 Davey du Plessis & Robyn Spence Wolff (SA)     

       

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made an attempt to pedal the Atlantic Ocean E-W from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro on board custom built pedal boat Vaquita and dedicate the voyage to addressing mass extinction caused by humans. When successful, they will become the first team of Mother and Son to pedal across any ocean and the first Team of Two to cross the South Atlantic under human power

Rescued
 

 

 

 

 

 

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