Last update December 2019
The Ocean
Rows from/to Australia and New Zealand
As Compiled by Oceanrowing.com
ROWS ACROSS THE TASMAN SEA
FROM AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND (W-E)
# | CATEGORY | FIRST NAME | SURNAME | COUNTRY | BOAT | MILES | DEPART | ARRIVAL | DAYS AT SEA | FROM | TO |
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1 | Solo | Shaun | Quincey | NZ | Tasman Trespasser 2 | - | Jan 20 2010 |
March 13 2010 12:35 |
54 days | New South Wales, Australia | 90 Mile Beach, NZ |
2 | Four | Nigel | Cherrie | NZ | Team Gallagher | 26 Nov 2011 | 16 Jan 2012 | 50d 3h 52min | Sidney, Australia | Bay of Islands, NZ | |
Martin | Berka | ||||||||||
James | Blake | ||||||||||
Andrew | McCowan |
3 | Solo | Grant "Axe' | Rawlinson | NZ | Simpson's Donkey | 18 October 2017 | 11 Novemberh 2017 | 24 days | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia | incomplete - towed back to land |
FROM TASMANIA TO NEW ZEALAND (W-E)
# | CATEGORY | FIRST NAME | SURNAME | COUNTRY | BOAT | MILES | DEPART | ARRIVAL | DAYS AT SEA | FROM | TO |
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1 |
Solo |
Oliver | Hicks | UK |
Flying Carrot |
- |
Jan 23 2009 | Apr 28 2009 | 95 days |
Fisher's Point of Recherche Bay, Tasmania |
Boat Team Gallagher: Four
FROM NEW ZEALAND TO AUSTRALIA (E-W)
1 | Solo | Anders | Svedlund | Sweden/NZ | Roslagena | - | March 17 1969 | March 22 1969 | 5 days | Manakau Harbour, Auckland | --- (Incomplete) |
2 | Solo | Colin | Quincey | NZ | Tasman Trespasser | - |
Feb 07 1977 12:00 |
April 10 1977 19:00 |
62d 7h | Hokianga, NZ |
Markus Beach, Queensland, Australia |
3 | Four | Steven | Gates |
Australia |
Sara G |
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Nov 29 2007 | Dec 30 2007 |
31 days |
Hokianga, NZ | Sidney, Australia |
Andrew | Johnson | ||||||||||
Kerry | Tozer | ||||||||||
Sally | Macready |
OCEAN
ROWS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
(other than the Tasman Sea)
From New Zealand W - E (South Pacific Ocean)
# | OCEAN ROWED | FIRST NAME | SURNAME | COUNTRY | BOAT | MILES | DEPART | ARRIVAL | DAYS AT SEA | FROM | TO |
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1 | S.Pacific W to E (Solo) | Joseph | Le Guen |
(France) |
Keepitblue.com |
1770 |
03/02/00 | 02/04/00 | 59 days | -----Wellington (New Zealand) | (Rescued) |
2 | S.Pacific W to E (Solo) | Jim | Shekhdar | UK | Ocean Challenge | 50 | 16/10/03 | 16/10/03 | 1 day | Bluff (New Zealand) | --- (Towed back for repairs) |
3 | S.Pacific W to E (Solo) | Jim | Shekhdar | UK | Hornette | - | 04/11/03 | 18/11/03 | 14 days | Bluff (New Zealand) | --- (Picked up by Research Vessel Tangaroa) |
4 | S.Pacific W to E (Solo) | Fedor | Konyukhov | Russia | Akros |
4645 (7160 by log) |
06/12/18 | 09/05/19 | 154d 13hrs 37min | Port Chalmers, South Island, New Zealand |
Cape Horn (Diego Ramirez) Chile |
From Australia E - W (Indian Ocean)
# | OCEAN ROWED | FIRST NAME | SURNAME | COUNTRY | BOAT | MILES | DEPART | ARRIVAL | DAYS AT SEA | FROM | TO |
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1 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Anders | Svedlund | Sweden | Roslagena | 130 | 15/09/70 | 19/09/70 | 3 days | Geraldton, WA. Australia | --- Kalbarri (Incomplete) |
2 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Anders | Svedlund | Sweden | Roslagena | 4313 | 21/04/71 | 23/06/71 | 64 days | Kalbarri, Western Australia |
A beach near Diego Suarez, Madagascar |
3 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Mick | Bird | USA | Reach | 2267 | 20/09/00 | 24/11/00 | 65 days | Thursday Island (Australia) | Cilacap (Indonesia) |
4 | Indian E to W (Pair) | Simon | Chalk | UK | Elssea | 111 | 15/05/02 | 17/05/02 | 2 days | Kalbarri (Western Australia) | --- (Rescued) |
Bill | Greaves | ||||||||||
5 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Simon | Chalk | UK | True Spirit | 4027 | 27/02/03 | 15/06/03 | 107days | Kalbarri (Western Australia) | Longitude of Rafael Island |
6 | Indian E to W (Pair) | Mike | Noel-Smith | UK | TRANSVenture | approx. 1800 | 19/04/03 | 04/06/03 | 46days | Carnarvon (Western Australia) | --- (Rescued) |
Rob | Abernethy | ||||||||||
7 | Indian E to W (Pair) | Alexander | Sinelnik | Russia | Rus | 22/04/05 | 16/05/05 | 24 days |
Carnarvon (Western Australia) |
(Rescued) | |
Sergey | Sinelnik | ||||||||||
8 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Theodore | Rezvoy | Ukraine | Ukraine | 1406 | 03/08/05 | 23/08/05 | 19 days |
Carnarvon (Western Australia) |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
9 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Pavel | Rezvoy | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2977 | 13/09/05 | 09/11/05 | 57 days | Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia | Mahe, Seychelles Islands |
10 | Indian E to W (Pair & Solo) | John | Williams | UK | Warrior | 3935 | 24/03/07 | 10/07/07 | 107 |
Fremantle (Western Australia) |
Longitude of Rodriguez Island |
Glenn | Edwards | Canada | 3450 | 22/06/07 | 89 | picked up | |||||
11 | Indian E to W (Pair) | Sergey | Sinelnik | Russia | Rus | - | 16/06/08 | 18/06/08 | 2 days |
Carnarvon (Western Australia) |
Rescued |
Alexander | Sinelnik | ||||||||||
12 |
Indian E to W (Solo) |
Sarah | Outen | UK |
Serendipity |
- |
March 13 2009 | March 24 2009 | 10 days |
Fremantle, Western Australia |
returned for rePairs |
13 |
Indian E to W (Solo) |
Sarah | Outen | UK |
Serendipity |
-3600 |
April 1 2009 | August 3 2009 | 124d 14h 9min |
Fremantle, Western Australia |
Mauritius |
14 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Mick | Moran | UK |
Hoppipolla |
April 19 2009 | April 21 2009 | 1 day |
Geraldton, Western Australia |
- incomplete | |
15 | Indian E to W (Pair) | Roger | Haines | UK |
Dream it Do it |
April 19 2009 | April 21 2009 | 1 day |
Geraldton, Western Australia |
- incomplete | |
Tom | Lee | ||||||||||
16 | Indian E to W (Four) | Matt | Hort |
Australia |
Whatever it Takes | April 19 2009 | April 22 2009 | 3 days |
Geraldton, Western Australia |
- incomplete | |
Andrew | Taylor | ||||||||||
Peter | Tomic | ||||||||||
David | Louw | ||||||||||
17 |
Indian E to W (Pair) |
Ben | Steadman | UK |
Doing Time |
April 19 2009 | April 30 2009 | 11 days |
Geraldton, Western Australia |
- incomplete | |
Mark | Davis, | ||||||||||
18 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Simon | Prior | UK |
Old Mutual Endurance |
April 19 2009 | June 11 2009 | 53 days |
Geraldton, Western Australia |
- incomplete | |
19 |
Indian E to W (Four) |
Phil | McCorry | UK | Bexhill Trust Challenger | 3600 | April 19 2009 |
June 26 2009 22:40GMT |
68d 19h 40min |
Geraldton, |
Port Louis, Mauritius |
Nick | McCorry | ||||||||||
Matt | Hellier | ||||||||||
Ian | Allen | ||||||||||
20 |
Indian E to W (Four) |
Sarah | Duff | UK | Pura Vida | 3600 | April 19 2009 | July 6 2009 | 78 days |
Geraldton, |
Port Louis, Mauritius |
Fiona | Waller | ||||||||||
Jo | Jackson | ||||||||||
Elin | Haf Davis | ||||||||||
21 |
Indian E to W (Four) |
Tom | Wigram | UK | Rowing for Prostate | 3600 | April 19 2009 | July 9 2009 | 81 days |
Geraldton, |
Port Louis, Mauritius |
Billy | Gammon | NZ | |||||||||
Mat | Hampel | NZ | |||||||||
Pete | Staples | UK | |||||||||
22 | Indian E to W (Pair) | Guy | Watts | UK | Flying Ferkins | April 19 2009 | July 30 2009 | 102d 13h 40min | Geraldton, Western Australia | Port Louis, Mauritius | |
Andrew | Delaney | ||||||||||
23 | Indian E to W (Pair) | James | Thysse | UK | Southern Cross | April 19 2009 | July 31 2009 | 103d 9h 26min | Geraldton, Western Australia | Port Louis, Mauritius | |
James | Facer-Childs | ||||||||||
24 | Indian E to W (eight) | Angela | Madsen | USA | Aud Eamus | 3600 | April 28 2009 | June 25 2009 15:02GMT | 58d 15h 08min | Geraldton, Western Australia | Port Louis, Mauritius |
Helen | Taylor | UK | |||||||||
Bernard | Fissett | Belgium | |||||||||
Doug | Tumminello | USA | |||||||||
Brian | Flick | USA | |||||||||
Paul | Cannon | UK | |||||||||
Ian | Couch | UK | |||||||||
Simon | Chalk | UK | |||||||||
25 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Erden | Eruc | Turkey | Around-n-Over | 5523 | July 13 2010 | Nov 26 2010 |
136d 12h 31min |
Carnarvon, Western Australia | Mahajanga, Madagascar |
26 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Roz | Savage | UK | Sedna | April 12 2011 | April 25 2011 | 13 days | Fremantle, Western Australia | - incomplete | |
27 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Rob | Eustace | UK | 2Hopes | April 13 2011 | April 15 2011 | 2 days | Geraldton, Western Australia | - incomplete | |
28 | Indian E to W (Pair) | Ben | Stenning | UK | Indian RunnerII | April 21 2011 | August 14 2011 | 115d 7d 45min | Geraldton, Western Australia | Port Louis, Mauritius | |
James | Adair | ||||||||||
29 | Indian E to W (Four) | James | Kayll | UK | Indian Runner 4 |
April 21 2011 23:20GMT |
July 6 2011 10:41GMT |
75d 11h 21m | Geraldton, Western Australia | Port Louis, Mauritius | |
Edward | Wells | ||||||||||
Oliver | Wells | ||||||||||
Tom | Kelly | ||||||||||
30 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Roz | Savage | UK | Sedna | April 30 2011 | October 4 2011 | 175d 7h 30min | Geraldton, Western Australia |
Mauritius via Abrolhos Islands |
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31 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Keith | Whelan | Ireland | May 07 2011 | May 19 2011 | 12 days | Geraldton, Western Australia | - returned due to adverse weather | ||
32 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Keith | Whelan | Ireland | 216 | June 04 2011 | June 07 2011 | 3 days | North Abrohlos Island, WA. |
- incomplete, called for assistance, rescued by a cargo ship |
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33 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Ralph | Tuijn | Netherlands | Me Inc | - | June 28 2012 | July 3 2012 | 4d 21h 45min | Geraldton, Western Australia | - incomplete |
34 |
Indian E-W (Pair) |
Laurence | Grand-Clement | France | April 19, 2012 | July 13 2012 |
85d 2h 05min The fastest Pair |
Geraldton, WA. | Mauritius | ||
Laurence | De Rancourt | ||||||||||
35 | Indian E to W (Solo) | Ralph | Tuijn | Netherlands | Me Inc | 1406 | August 1 2012 | October 8 2012 | 68d | Geraldton, Western Australia | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
May 5 2013 | May 30 2013 | 25d | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
- incomplete rescued |
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36 |
Indian E-W (trio) |
Maxime | Chaya | Lebanon | tRIO | June 9 2013 | August 5 2013 15:49GMT | 57d 15h 49min |
Geraldton, Western Australia |
Mauritius | |
Livar | Nysted | Faroe Islands | |||||||||
Stuart | Kershaw | UK | |||||||||
37 |
Indian E-W (Solo) |
Emmanuel | Coindre | France | Long-Cours |
3720 (actual 4056) |
November 30 2013 00:00GMT |
January 25 2014 07:29:11GMT |
56d 07hrs 29min the fastest row (open class) |
Carnarvon, Western Australia |
Reunion |
38 | Indian E-W (Seven) | Cameron | Bellamy | South Africa | Avalon | 4210 | June 11 2014 04:00GMT |
August 7 2014 14:58GMT |
57d 10h 58min The fastest row |
Batavia Marina, Geraldton, Western Australia |
Mahe,
Seychelles Shane Ushar (Australia) was picked up from Avalon by a diverted ship due to health problem. |
Timothy | Spiteri | Australia | |||||||||
Shane | Ushar* | ||||||||||
Fiann | Paul | Iceland | |||||||||
Jamie | Douglas-Hamilton | UK | |||||||||
Heather | Rees-Gaunt | ||||||||||
Leven | Brown | ||||||||||
39 | Indian E-W (Four) | Jamie | Sparks | UK | Tiny Dancer | 4090 | June 30 2014 23:30GMT | September 10 14:21GMT | 71 days 14h 51min | Tantabiddi Beach, Exmouth Cape, WA. | Mahe, Seychelles |
Angus | Collins | ||||||||||
Hamish | Khayat | ||||||||||
Alex | Simpson | ||||||||||
40 | Indian E-W (Pair) | James | Ketchell | UK | James Lewis | May 18 2015 04:34GMT | May 19 2015 | 1 day | Geraldton, Western Australia | incomplete - towed back to land | |
Ashley | Wilson |
41 |
Indian E-W (Four) |
Robin | Buttery | UK |
No Great Shakes (concept class) |
3611 miles 3138 nm |
July 5 2018 23:59GMT | Sept 14 2018 05:00GMT |
70 days 05h 01min (av.speed 1.86 knots) |
Geraldton, Western Australia |
Grand Baie, Mauritius |
James | Plumley | ||||||||||
Darren 'Billy' | Taylor | ||||||||||
Barry | Hayes |
OCEAN ROWS TO AUSTRALIA
# | OCEAN ROWED | FIRST NAME | SURNAME | COUNTRY | BOAT | MILES | DEPART | ARRIVAL | DAYS AT SEA | FROM | TO |
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1 | Pacific E to W (Pair) | John | Fairfax | UK | Britannia II | 6000 | 26/04/71 | 22/04/72 | 361 days hours |
San Francisco, CA (USA) | Australia |
Sylvia | Cook | ||||||||||
2 | Pacific E to W (Solo) | Peter | Bird | UK | Hele-on-Britannia | 6000 | 23/08/82 | 14/06/83 | 294 days hours |
San Francisco, CA (USA) | Great Barrier Reef (Australia) |
3 | Pacific E to W (Pair) | Curtis | Saville | USA | Excalibur | 4000 | 04/07/84 | 21/08/85 | 189 days hours |
Callao (Peru) | via
Galapagos Islands via Marquises Islands Cairns (Australia) |
Kathleen | Saville | ||||||||||
4 | Pacific E to W (Solo) | Mick | Bird | USA | Reach | 2600 | 19/08/97 | 23/10/97 | 64 days hours |
Fort Bragg, CA (USA) | Kauna, Hawaii (USA) |
1800 | 19/07/98 | 28/09/98 | 65 days hours |
Kauna, Hawaii (USA) | Majoro Atoll (Marshall Islands) | ||||||
1100 | 18/05/99 | 23/06/99 | 36 days hours |
Majoro Atoll (Marshall Islands) |
Solomon Islands | ||||||
1200 | 11/07/99 | 01/08/99 | 21 days hours |
Solomon Islands | Cairns (Australia) | ||||||
5 | Pacific E to W (Solo) | Andrew | Halsey | UK | Le Shark Brittany Rose |
6700 | 15/07/99 | 05/04/00 |
266 days hours |
San Diego, CA (USA) | (Rescued) |
6 | Pacific E to W (Solo) | Jim | Shekhdar | UK | Le Shark | 10652 | 29/06/00 | 30/03/01 | 273
days 13h 12min |
Ilo (Peru) | North Stradbroke Island, Australia |
7 | Pacific E to W (Solo) | Andrew | Halsey | UK | Le Shark Brittany Rose |
8108 | 25/11/02 | 03/04/03 | 129
days 2 hrs 5 min |
Callao (Peru) | (Rescued) |
8 | Pacific E to W (Solo) | Erden | Eruc | Turkey | Around-n-Over | ||||||
811 | 10/07/07 | 17/05/08 | 312 days | Bodega Bay, CA. USA |
Off New Guinea 0.018N 144.618E |
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598 | 15/01/09 | 04/02/09 | 19 days 21h 31min | 0.02634N, 144.61426E | Papua New Guinea, Finsch Harbor (Dreger) | ||||||
07/12/09 | 09/01/10 | 32 days | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | Thursday (Waiben) Island, Australia | |||||||
9 | Pacific E to W (Solo) | Alex | Bellini | Italy | Rosa d'Atacama | 21/02/08 | 12/12/08 | 294 days 7h | Callao, Peru | The Coral Sea, 65 miles off the coast of Australia | |
10 |
Pacific E to W (Solo) |
Roz | Savage | UK | Brokade | 2545 | May 25 2008 | Sept 01 2008 |
99 days |
San Francisco, USA | Oahu, Hawaii |
2681 | May 24 2009 | September 6 2009 | 104 days 21h 30m | Waikiki, Hawaii | Tarawa, Kiribati | ||||||
April 18 2010 | June 3 2010 | 46 days | Tarawa, Kiribati | Madang, Papua New Guinea | |||||||
11 |
Pacific E to W (Solo) |
Serge | Jandaud | France | Clinique Pasteur Toulouse | 12/06/10 | 23/11/10 | 163d 11h | Callao, Peru | Wallis Island | |
t.b.a. | Wallis Island | Australia | |||||||||
12 |
Pacific E to W (Solo) |
Fedor | Konyukhov | Russia | Tourgoyak | Dec 22 2013 | May 31 2014 |
159days 16h 58min the fastest South Pacific |
Concon, Chile |
Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia |
13 |
Pacific E to W (Four) |
Emma | Mitchell | UK | Doris | April 20, 2015 9:45GMT |
May 6 2015 3:00GMT |
15 d17h 45 m | San Francisco, CA. | Santa Barbara, CA. | |
Isabel | Burnham * | ||||||||||
Laura | Penhaul | May 13 2015 4:00GMT |
July 20 2015 5:30GMT |
68d 1h 30min | Santa Barbara, CA. | Honolulu, Hawaii | |||||
Natalia | Cohen | July 29 2015 | November 1, 2015 20:40GMT | 95d 20hrs 40min | Honolulu, Hawaii | Apia, Samoa | |||||
Lizanne | Van Vuuren ** | November 9 2015 21:30GMT | January 25, 2016 at 00:15GMT | 76d 2h 45min | Apia, Samoa | Australia | |||||
Meg | Dyos *** | ||||||||||
Total time at sea - 279d 2hrs 30min |
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* - Isabel Burnham rowed from San
Francisco to Hawaii. |
14 |
Pacific E to W (Solo) |
John | Beeden | UK | 7021 | June 1 2015 05:50GMT | Dec 27 2015 03:00GMT | 208d 21h 10min | Horseshoe Bay, San Francisco, CA. USA |
Cairns Australia |
ROUTE | FIRST NAME | SURNAME | COUNTRY | BOAT | MILES | DEPART | ARRIVAL | DAYS AT SEA | FROM | TO | |
15 |
Indonesian Archipelagic Seas NW-SE (Pair) |
Grant "Axe' | Rawlinson | NZ | Simpson's Donkey |
2100 (1810nm) |
3 January 2017 | 21 March 2017 | 77 days | Singapore | Darwin, WA. |
Charlie | Smith | UK |
16 |
Pacific E-W |
Jacob | Adoram | USA |
Emerson |
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July 7 2018 |
08 June 2019 1800GMT |
335d 22h 30min |
Neah Bay, WA. USA | Trinity Beach, Queensland, Australia |
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