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BLUE RIBAND TROPHY OF OCEAN ROWING


Ocean Rowboats - Holders of World Record on the Route Atlantic East - West Classic Trade Winds I in chronological order
No	Crew		Country	Name of the boat	Average Speed	Record	Set On
No	Name	Surname	Country	Name of the boat	Average Speed	Record	Set On
1	John	Fairfax	GB	Britannia	0.91 m/h	180d	July 19 1969

2	Don	Allum	GB	QE3	1.62 m/h	74d	March 26 1971
2	Geoff	Allum	GB	QE3	1.62 m/h	74d	March 26 1971

3	Sean	Crowley	GB	In Finnegans Wake	1.78 m/h	73d	April 14 1986
3	Mike	Nestor	GB	In Finnegans Wake	1.78 m/h	73d	April 14 1986

4
	Gerard	Seibel	France	La Mondiale	3.48 m/h	35d 8h 30min	April 29 1992
	Jacques	Busson
	Jean-Claude	Coucardon
	Hervé	Douard
	Patrick	Gollnish
	Thierry	Judet
	Jean	Jauras
	Charles Henry	de la Moynerie
	Jean-Louis	Landry
	Philippe	Priou
	Francesco	Sanchez

5	Leven	Brown	GB/ Republic of Ireland	La Mondiale	3.75 m/h	33 days 7h 30min	January 17 2008
	Peter	Donaldson
	Mike	Tooth
	Julian	Barnwell
	Reinhardt	von Hof
	Ray	Carroll
	Charlie	Taylor
	Stuart	Kershaw
	Don	Lennox
	Oliver	Dudley
	Rob	Loder-Symonds
	Peter	Luard
	Jamie	Walker
	Liam	Hughes

6	David	Hosking	GB	Hallin Marine	3.84 m/h (3.342knts)	Actual - 31d 23h 31min *RS - 32 days 12h 12min**	February 7 2011 20:01GMT
	Chris	Covey
	Paddy	Thomas
	Naomi	Hoogesteger
	Justin	Johanneson
	Jack	Stonehouse

7	Matt	Craughwell	GB	Sara G	3.9 (3.896) m/h (3.386knts)	Actual - 33d 21h 46min RS* - 32 days	February 8 2011 11:16GMT
	Graham	Carlin	GB
	Thomas	Cremona	Malta
	Rob	Byrne	Republic of Ireland
	Adam	Burke	Republic of Ireland
	Fiann	Paul	Iceland

Starting with the new season (Autumn/Winter 2011/2012) we will recognize two classes of ocean rowing boats:
mono-hull class and multi-hull class,
hence the speed records for these two classes
have to be recognized separately.

Multi-hull Ocean Rowboats - Holders of World Speed Record
on the Classic Route Atlantic East - West
Trade Winds I

1	Chris	Covey	GB	Hallin Marine	3.84 m/h (3.342knts)	Actual - 31d 23h 31min *RS - 32 days 12h 12min**	February 7 2011 20:01GMT
	Paddy	Thomas
	Naomi	Hoogesteger
	Justin	Johanneson
	Jack	Stonehouse
	David	Hosking

Ocean Rowing Speed Record for crossing the Atlantic East to West

The average speed is the core of the Ocean Rowing Speed Record, which is " which boat is the fastest"; with so many variable start and finishes the calculation of distance covered over time is and will remain the only way to sort the fastest from the rest. The decisive factor for a record claim is to calculate an overall average crossing speed, derived from the distance "as the crow flies" and the actual crossing time.
The average speed rules are a natural forward looking progression of the sport.

There are two routes qualifying for Atlantic Ocean East to West World Rowing Record :
Atlantic Trade Winds I (Classic) and Atlantic Trade Winds II

To qualify for the Ocean Rowing World Record on route Atlantic East to West "Trade Winds I" (Classic) the crew or solo rower should:

1. row land to land without any assistance;
2. start at any point in the Canaries or continental Africa (North from or from 27:35N, the longitude of the Southern point of El Hierro, i.e. the southern boundary of the Canaries), and finish at any Caribbean Island or South America assuming that a point to point distance is not less than 2500 nautical miles and not exceeding 2900 nautical miles as the crow flies;

Departures from Cape Verde or continental Africa (south from 27:35N) is recognized as a separate route, an Atlantic Ocean Trade Winds II.
This is in recognition of the fact, that :
a) when taking this route, rower/rowers are benefitting by getting straight into Trade Winds and currents and
b) leaving from Cape Verde shortens the traditional (Classic) rowing distance by approximately 600 miles (assuming finish in Caribbean) and by 1000 nautical miles with finish in South America.

To qualify for the Ocean Rowing World Record on route Atlantic East to West "Trade Winds II" the crew or solo rower should:

1. row land to land without any assistance from aside;
2. start at any point in Cape Verde or continental Africa (south from 27:35N) and finish in Caribbean or South America.

* Blue Riband Trophy and Record's Standard (RS) - for illustration purpose only.

The route from Gran Canaria (Puerto Mogan) to Barbados (Port St Charles) is still thought about by many as the standard for the record route
and will therefore be referred here to as the "Record Standard" (RS).

The distance for this route is 2,994 miles (4,819 km) (2,602 nautical miles).
The decisive factor for a record claim using this route is to calculate an overall average crossing time and speed, derived from the distance "as the crow flies" and the actual crossing time.

When a row starts and finishes in different ports to the "Record Standard" ports (i.e. Gran Canaria and Barbados), the calculation is applied to assess whether a record claim can be made. By dividing the number of miles for the Record Standard distance by your overall average crossing speed (miles per hour), the result will be a calculated time of crossing that can be compared to the Record Standard.

Hallin Marine: completed her crossing from Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria to Port St Charles, Barbados with an average speed 3.84 miles per hour.
Her crossing time recalculated for the Record Standard route is 32 days 12 hours 12 minutes.

Sara G : completed her crossing from Tarfaya, Morocco to Port St Charles, Barbados with an overall average speed of 3.986 miles per hour.
Her crossing time recalculated for the Record Standard route is 32 days exactly.

So the current Standard Record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic East to West along the Classic Trade Winds Route (Trade Winds I)
is 32 days, 00 hours and 00 minutes