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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
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12 |
Indian E to W (Solo) |
Sarah | Outen | UK |
Serendipity |
- |
March 13 2009 | March 24 2009 | 10 days |
Fremantle, Western Australia |
returned for rePairs |
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 |
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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 *** | ||||||||||
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Total time at sea - 279d 2hrs 30min |
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* - Isabel Burnham rowed from San
Francisco to Hawaii. |
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| 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 |
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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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