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30th anniversary of the Ocean Rowing Society Int. - its team and its founder >>>

	Recent additions to the website : ● We are pleased to announce Crispin Rossiter has joined OceanRowing.com to assist with the maintenance of the website, boat sales and records. If you are planning a row or think we have missed something from the website, please contact Cris. ● Angela Madsen has been rescued ● Romauld Koperski is on standby in Choshi, Japan ● Mylène Paquette is on standby in Halifax, Canada ● Charles Hedrich is on standby in Nome, Alaska
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• Wanted - ocean rowers (to join teams) and crews to participate in races

• Oars needed - to buy or rent 14.02
• Ocean rowboat is urgently needed for summer this year

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● ORS Int. technical team offers their service in restoring/repairing/refreshing second-hand ocean rowboats

• There are boats for letting this summer if anyone is interested.
● Sale - Soma of Essex - World Record Breaking boat Paraguaçú Dippers Low price for urgent sale: Ocean Summit, Flying Carrot






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Arrivals:
Now at Sea : Sarah Outen, Kjartan J Hauksson , Eythor Edvardsson, Svanur Wilcox & Einar Orn Sigurdorsson, "GB ROW 2013" Race Maxime Chaya, Livar Nysted & Stuart Kershaw
Returned / Rescued : *Angela Madsen*
On Standby : Romauld Koperski , *Charles Hedrich, Mylène Paquette*
Calendar of ocean rows in 2013 ● 2014 ● 2015
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RETURNED / RESCUED

Angela Madsen (USA)

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is rowing mid-Pacific solo from Santa Cruz, California to Hawaii in her ocean rowboat "Spirit of Orlando". The row is a tribute to friend and fellow ocean rower Orlando Rogers / Military & Veteran Tribute Row.
Left Santa Cruz, California at 00:45GMT June 10, 2013 (17:45PDT June 9, 2013) Due to worsening weather conditions and knee injury, was rescued on June 17, 2013 at 10:45GMT (03:45PDT)
Angela is safe on dry land in Santa Barbara, CA., and arrangements have been made to recover the boat.

NOW AT SEA

Sarah Outen (GB)

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having rowed the Indian Ocean (2009) and then cycled and paddled from Tower Bridge to Tokyo (April-November 2011) as part of the expedition "London to London Via the World", made an attempt to row the Pacific W-E on board Gulliver (2012) Voyage was interrupted due to damages to the boat during a storm. Now Sarah is rowing across the Pacific W-E - from Japan to the shores of North America in her boat "Happy Socks"
Left Choshi, Japan at 7:33GMT (15:33 local time) on Saturday, April 27th 2013.

Kjartan J Hauksson , Eythor Edvardsson, Svanur Wilcox
& Einar Orn Sigurdorsson (Iceland)

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the team is rowing the North Atlantic E-W in the boat "Audur" (ex BTO Challenger). Their goal is to row unsupported from Norway to Iceland, via Scotland (Orkney) and the Faroe Islands in 2013, and then in 2014 to continue on to Greenland and Canada. The route covers some of the most difficult seas in the North Atlantic and has never been rowed successfully before.
Left Kristiansand (Norway) on May 17, 2013


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Six crews came to the start to row 2,000 miles non-stop and unassisted around the coast of mainland Britain. Two teams left and are chasing the current world record that stands at 26 days 21 hours and 14 minutes.	TIME ELAPSED Days : hours : minutes : seconds
The race started at Tower Bridge, London at 08.16BST on June 1, 2013


**Maxime Chaya (Lebanon), Livar Nysted (Faroe Islands) & Stuart Kershaw (GB)**

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are rowing the Indian Ocean from Australia to Mauritius onboard their boat tRIO, to become the first team of three to row any ocean.
Left Geraldton, WA. on June 9, 2013 at 00:00GMT (08:00GMT)

Statistics of Indian Ocean Rows

ON STANDBY

Romauld Koperski (PL)

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is going to row the Pacific West to East solo, from Choshi Harbour (Tokio, Japan) to N. America in his boat "Pianist'a" The departure is scheduled for June 25th 2013.
On StandBy in Choshi, Japan

Statistics of Pacific Ocean Rows

Charles Hedrich (France)

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is going to row along the North-West Passage, from Bering Strait, Alaska to Davis Strait, Greenland in his boat "Respectons La Terre". Solo Speed Record holder on the route Trade Winds II and the first man to row the Atlantic West-East and East-West - by circle non-stop, he intends to become the first to row the North-West Passage, distance of 4,500 miles (more than 7,000 km) The departure depends on weather and ice conditions.

On StandBy in Nome, Alaska

Mylène Paquette (Canada)

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After having rowed the Atlantic East to West (Sara G, 2010), intends to row the North Atlantic solo West to East from Halifax, Canada to Brittany, France to become the first Canadian to row the Atlantic West to East.

On StandBy in Halifax, Canada.

Women - oceanrowers	Women - solo oceanrowers
Atlantic W-E Rows	Atlantic W-E Solo

Calendar of ocean rows in 2013 ● 2014 ● 2015

Ocean Rows to start in 2013


	Emmanuel Coindre (France)		Niall Iain Macdonald (GB)
.After 5 Solo rows intends to row the Indian Ocean Solo between Australia and Reunion Island. The name of the boat t.b.a. soon. This will be an attempt to become the first person to row oceans solo 6 times and the first to row Atlantic W-E +Pacific W-E + Indian E-W. The departure from Shark Bay,WA. is scheduled for Summer 2013.		is going to attempt a solo row across the Atlantic W-E, from New York to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The departure is planned for June 2013

	Ben Turner (Australia)		Leven Brown + 7 (t.b.a.)
is planning to row the Pacific E to W from Lima, Peru to Sydney, Australia. If successful Ben will become the first Australian and the youngest person to row across the Pacific Ocean solo. The departure is planned for 2013 (date t.b.a.)		are going to row the Indian Ocean E-W from Australia to Africa onboard a super quick new boat Avalon. The start is scheduled for Summer 2013

	Alejandro Cammarasana (Argentina)		Helmer Lodder (Netherlands)
plans to row the Atlantic E-W solo from La Gomera to Barbados in his custom-built ocean rowboat "el Día en Llamas".		intends to row the Atlantic East to West solo, from Lisbon towards the Caribbean non stop. It's planned to be a part of an attempt to become the first human to circumnavigate the Globe twice. He recently started cycling across Europe towards Portugal. The departure from Lisbon is scheduled for November 2013


	Race of solo ocean rowboats across the Atlantic W to E from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A. to longitude of Ushant Island, Brittany (05°08’ West)
	Starts on June 2013
	“La Route du Nord” - 2800 nautical miles (5000 km), - will be competed by about ten rowers on board 7.50 meter long one-design boats - single-handed, non-stop and without assistance


The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2013 Run by Atlantic Campaigns from San Sebastian de La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain to English Harbour, Antigua
Solo, Pairs, Fours.
The start is scheduled for December 2013

	*Jenn Gibbons (USA)*		*Alan Lau (GB)*
is planning to row solo across the Atlantic E - W along the Trade Winds Route II - from Senegal, West Africa to Guyana, South America, in her ocean rowboat Liv. The departure is t.b.a. Press article >>>		will attempt to row the Atlantic Ocean East to West solo and unsupported in aid of his chosen charity Children on the Edge. The departure is scheduled for December 2013.

	Fedor Konyukhov (Russia)		Simon Chalk (GB) + 7 T.B.A.
is planning to row the Pacific East to West solo, from Chile to Australia, to become the first person to row the Pacific from mainland to mainland non-stop. The departure is scheduled for December 2013.		will row the Atlantic ocean on the trade winds route in an attempt to break the World record and the sub 30 day crossing. Departure is planned for October 2013.

	Alex Bland & Harry Martin-Dreyer (GB)
are going to row the Atlantic E-W from La Gomera to Barbados. They will be attempting to make the crossing in around 40 days. Departure is planned for December 2013.

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