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Atlantic
Solo
Ocean Crossings from West to East
As Compiled by Oceanrowing.com
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Atlantic W-E (from the USA, NY Area) solo completed
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# |
FIRST |
SURNAME |
COUNTRY |
BOAT |
MILES |
DEPART |
ARRIVAL |
DAYS |
FROM | TO |
| 1 | Oliver | Hicks | UK | Miss Olive | 3980 | May 27 2005 | September 28 2005 | 123 days 22h 08min | Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA | St Mary's, Isles of Scilly (UK) |
Atlantic W-E (from the USA, Cape Cod Area) solo completed
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# |
FIRST |
SURNAME |
COUNTRY |
BOAT |
MILES |
DEPART |
ARRIVAL |
DAYS |
FROM | TO |
|
1 |
Gerard | d'Aboville |
(France) |
Captaine Cook |
2735 |
July 10 1980 |
September 20 1980 |
71 days |
Cape Cod (USA) | Brest (France) |
|
2 |
Joseph | Le Guen |
France |
Pour les Sauveteurs en Mer |
2747 |
June 13 1995 |
September 24 1995 |
103 |
Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) |
Ile Molene Brittany France |
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3 |
Emmanuel | Coindre |
France |
Lady Bird |
4545 |
July 29 2002 |
October 25 2002 |
87 days
13hours |
Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) | I.d'Ouessant, France |
| 4 | Anne | Quèmèrè | France | Le Connetable | 4065 |
June 03 2004 |
August 08 2004 |
87 days
12hours |
Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | Meridian of I.d'Ouessant, France (her stated goal) |
| 5 | Emmanuel | Coindre | France | Lady Bird | 3387 |
July 09 2004 |
September 10 2004 |
62 days
19hours |
Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | Meridian of I.d'Ouessant, France |
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Atlantic W-E (from
Canada*) solo completed
* - including
French territory Saint Pierre and Miquelon
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# |
FIRST |
SURNAME |
COUNTRY |
BOAT |
MILES |
DEPART |
ARRIVAL |
DAYS |
FROM | TO |
|
1 |
Tom | McClean |
UK |
Super Silver |
1885 |
May 17 1969 |
July 27 1969 |
70 days 18h 35m |
St Johns (Newfoundland Canada) |
Blacksod Bay (Ireland) |
|
2 |
Tom | McClean |
UK |
Skoll 1080 |
2090 |
June 16 1987 |
August 10 1987 |
55 |
St Johns (Newfoundland Canada) |
Bishop Light House England |
|
3 |
Don |
Allum |
UK |
QE3 |
1888 |
June 21 1987 |
September 5 1987 |
76 |
St Johns (Newfoundland Canada) |
Dooagh, Achili Island, Ireland |
|
4 |
Sean | Crowley |
UK |
Finn Again |
2490 |
June 17 1988 |
September 21 1988 |
92 |
Halifax (Canada) | Galaway, Ireland |
|
5 |
Maud | Fontenoy |
France |
Pilot |
2310 |
June 13 2003 |
October 9 2003 |
117days 14h 10 m |
St Pierre (French territory off Canada) | La Coruna, Spain |
|
6 |
Rob | Munslow |
UK |
Carnegie X-Stream |
2100 |
June 27 2006 |
August 30 2006 |
64 days 10h 48m |
St Johns (Newfoundland Canada) |
Rosevear Island, Scilly Isles (UK) |
| 7 | Charles | Hedrich | France | Respectons la Terre |
July 9 2012 14:33GMT |
December 2 2012 1:30GMT | 145d 10h 57min | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Martinique ( Petite Anse d'Arlet) via European and African coasts | |
| 8 | Mylène | Paquette | Canada | Hermel |
2732 |
July 06 2013 | November 12 2013 | 128d 22h 34min | Halifax, Canada | Lizard Meridian |
| 9 | Laval | St.Germain | Canada | True Blue |
2396 |
June 15 2016 9:00GM | August 7 2016 17:26GMT |
53 days 8hrs 26min av.speed 1.86knts |
Halifax, Canada | Brest, France |
| 10 | Bryce | Carlson | USA | Lucille |
2302 nm |
June 27 2018 11:50GM | August 4 2018 18:39GMT |
38 days 06hrs 49min record in open class av.speed 2.5knts |
St John's, Newfoundland Canada |
St Mary's Harbour, Scilly Isles, UK |
INCOMPLETE
(from USA and from Canada)
| # | FIRST NAME | SURNAME | COUNTRY | BOAT | MILES | DEPART | ARRIVAL | DAYS AT SEA | FROM | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth | Kerr | UK | Bass Challenger | 700 | 01/05/79 | 26/06/79 |
58 days hours |
St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 2 | Kenneth | Kerr | UK | Bass Challenger | 2100 | 21/05/80 | after16/09/80 |
119? days hours |
Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Canada) | --- (Lost at Sea) |
| 3 | Andrew | Wilson | UK | Nautica | -- | 25/06/80 | Unknown | Unknown | St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) | --- (Lost at Sea) |
| 4 | Guy | Lemonier | France | Jacquet Enterprises | 30 | 16/06/87 | 17/06/87 | 1 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 5 | Guy | Lemonier | France | Jacquet Enterprises | 21/06/87 | 21/08/87 | 57 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) | |
| 6 | Frederic | Guerin | France | Ramereve | 1600 | 27/06/91 | 22/09/91 | 87 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 7 | Jean | Lukes | France | Luxior Assurances | 135 | 31/07/94 | 08/08/94 | 8 days hours |
Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) picked up by "Atlantic Mistress" |
| 8 | Jean | Lukes | France | Luxior Assurances | 24/06/95 | 27/06/95 | 3 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) | |
| 9 | Jean | Lukes | France | Luxior Assurances | 55 | 03/07/95 | 06/07/95 | 3 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 10 | Tori | Murden | USA | Sector No Limits American Pearl | 3050 | 14/06/98 | 07/09/98 | 85 days hours |
Nag's Head, N. Carolina (USA) | --- (Incomplete) Boat abandoned, later recovered off Portugal. |
| 11 | Matthew | Boreham | UK | Spirit of Spelthorne II | 6 | 22/07/99 | 22/07/99 | 0 days hours |
St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 12 | Nenad | Belic | USA | LUN | 2618 | 11/05/01 | lost
at sea 30/09/01 |
142 day | Stage Harbour, Chatam, Cape Cod, Mass | lost at sea |
| 13 | Jean | Lukes | France | Les Sauveteurs En Mer | 335 | 21/06/01 | 30/06/01 | 9 days | Stage Harbour, Chatam, Cape Cod, Mass | rescued |
| 14 | Theodore | Rezvoy | Ukraine | Ukraine | 251 | 02/07/03 | 10/07/03 | 8 days | New York, New York | --
(Incomplete) picked up by "USS Doyle" |
| 15 | Emmanuel | Coindre | France | Lady Bird | 68 | 26/07/03 | 28/07/03 | 2 days | Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) | rescued |
| 16 | Jean | Lukes | France | Sojasun | 26/06/04 | 11/07/04 | 15 days | Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) | airlifted by Canadian Coast Guard helicopter, boat recovered later by Canadian Coast Guard | |
| 17 | Andreas | Rommel | Germany | Lady Georgia | 16/07/04 | 02/09/04 | 47 days | Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) | picked up by Federal Elba, boat recovered | |
| 18 | Charlie | Girard | France | Caliste | 30/06/07 | 30/06/07 | 1 day | Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) | -- (Incomplete) returned for repairs | |
| 19 | Charlie | Girard | France | Caliste | 04/07/07 | 06/07/07 | 1.5 day | Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) | -- (Incomplete) picked up | |
| 20 | Charlie | Girard | France | Caliste | - | 19/05/09 | 29/05/09 | 10 days | Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) | -- (Incomplete) rescued |
| 21 | John | Mollison | UK | Shepherd Purple Heart | 05/07/09 | 28/07/09 | 22 days | Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, USA | -- (Incomplete) rescued | |
| 22 | Peter | Bray | UK | Black Knight | 1180 | 08/07/09 | 19/08/09 | 42 days | St.John's, Newfoundland Canada | -- (Incomplete) rescued |
| 23 | Sean | Moriarty | Ireland | Positive Outcome | 11/06/11 | 13/06/11 | 1d 20h | St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) | -- (Incomplete) rescued | |
| 24 | Bruno | Froideval | France | Caouanne | 20/06/12 | 29/06/12 | 8 days | Chatham, Cape Cod, USA | --incomplete, returned to land | |
| 25 | Mathieu | Bonnier | France | Liteboat | 20/06/12 | 02/07/12 | 11d 15hrs | Chatham, Cape Cod, USA | incomplete, returned to land | |
| 26 | Charlie | Girard | France | Passenger | May 29 2014 | May 30 2014 | 1 day | Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada |
incomplete, returned to land |
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| 27 | Niall Iain | Macdonald | UK | Alliance Trust | June 5 2014 | June 14 2014 | 8 days | Jersey City, NJ., USA |
incomplete, rescued |
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| 28 | Sarah | Outen | UK | Happy Socks | May 14 2015 | October 3, 2015 | 142 days | Chatham, Cape Cod, USA | -- (Incomplete) rescued | |
| 29 | Stein | Hoff | Norway | Fox II | May 15 2016 | August 6 2015 | 83 days | New York, USA | -- (Incomplete) rescued | |
| 30 | Duncan | Hutchison | Scotland | Sleipnir | May 31 2018 | June 3 2018 | 3 days | Jersey City, NJ., USA | -- (Incomplete) towed to shore | |
| 31 | Niall Iain | MacDonald | UK | ALBA | May 23 2018 | June 15 2018 | 23 days | Norfolk, Virginia, US | -- (Incomplete) rescued | |
| 32 | Duncan | Hutchison | Scotland | Sleipnir | June 14 2018 | Sept 22 2018 | 100 days | Strathmere, NJ., USA | -- (Incomplete) rescued | |
| S T A T I S T I C S | |
| COMPLETED | 16 |
| INCOMPLETE | 32 |
| ROWERS LOST AT SEA | 3 |
16 successful rows were
completed by 14 rowers
Tom McClean and Emmanuel Coindre rowed the Atlantic W
- E twice
32 unsuccessful
attempts were undertaken by 21 rowers
3 of them made 2 unsuccessful attempts,
Charlie Girard - 4,
Jean Lukes - 5 .
Emmanuel Coindre - 1, and succeeded after the second attempt
TWO OR
MORE ATTEMPTS
successful further attempt is marked
with blue square
| # | FIRST NAME | SURNAME | COUNTRY | BOAT | MILES | DEPART | ARRIVAL | DAYS AT SEA | FROM | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth | Kerr | UK | Bass Challenger | 700 | 01/05/79 | 26/06/79 |
58 days hours |
St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 2 | Kenneth | Kerr | UK | Bass Challenger | 2100 | 21/05/80 | after16/09/80 |
119? days hours |
Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Canada) | --- (Lost at Sea) |
| 1 | Guy | Lemonier | France | Jacquet Enterprises | 30 | 16/06/87 | 17/06/87 | 1 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 2 | Guy | Lemonier | France | Jacquet Enterprises | 21/06/87 | 21/08/87 | 57 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 1 | Jean | Lukes | France | Luxior Assurances | 135 | 31/07/94 | 08/08/94 | 8 days hours |
Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) picked up by "Atlantic Mistress" |
| 2 | Jean | Lukes | France | Luxior Assurances | 24/06/95 | 27/06/95 | 3 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) | |
| 3 | Jean | Lukes | France | Luxior Assurances | 55 | 03/07/95 | 06/07/95 | 3 days hours |
Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | --- (Incomplete) |
| 4 | Jean | Lukes | France | Les Sauveteurs En Mer | 335 | 21/06/01 | 30/06/01 | 9 days | Stage Harbour, Chatam, Cape Cod, Mass | rescued |
| 5 | Jean | Lukes | France | Sojasun | 26/06/04 | 11/07/04 | 15 days | Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) | airlifted by Canadian Coast Guard helicopter, boat recovered later by Canadian Coast Guard |
| 1 | Emmanuel | Coindre | France | Lady Bird | 68 | 26/07/03 | 28/07/03 | 2 days | Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) | rescued |
| 2 | Emmanuel | Coindre | France | Lady Bird | 3387 |
July 09 2004 |
September 10 2004 |
62 days
19hours |
Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) | Meridian of I.d'Ouessant, France |
| 1 | Charlie | Girard | France | Caliste | 30/06/07 | 30/06/07 | 1 day | Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) | -- Incomplete, returned for repairs | |
| 2 | Charlie | Girard | France | Caliste | 04/07/07 | 06/07/07 | 1.5 day | Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) | -- Incomplete, picked up | |
| 3 | Charlie | Girard | France | Caliste | - | 19/05/09 | 29/05/09 | 10 days | Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) | -- (Incomplete) rescued |
| 4 | Charlie | Girard | France | Passenger | May 29 2014 | May 30 2014 | 1 day | Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada |
incomplete, returned to land |
| 1 | Duncan | Hutchison | Scotland | Sleipnir | May 31 2018 | June 3 2018 | 3 days | Jersey City, NJ., USA | -- (Incomplete) towed to shore | |
| 2 | Duncan | Hutchison | Scotland | Sleipnir | June 14 2018 | Sept 22 2018 | 100 days | Strathmere, NJ., USA | -- (Incomplete) rescued |
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