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February 7th-- Sector Sport Watches team member Elisabeth Hoff has left the Canary Islands attempting to become the first woman to row an ocean solo. She will be at sea an estimated 90 days and row over 3000 miles. Throughout the Ocean Rowing Society will be tracking and mapping Elisabeth's progress. |
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Elisabeth's
Progress--Maps and Charts
| Feb 07, 1999... Elisabeth Hoff left the Los Gigantes, Tenerife, Canary Islands today at 8:00AM GMT. This is the official start time as comfirmed by Ocean Rowing Society Director Kenneth Crutchlow. Elisabeth will row her boat, the Sector No Limits Star Atlantic, for approximately 90 days 3000 miles. Below we will chronicle her daily progress. | |||
| Distance from Los Gigantes, Tenerife, Canary Islands to Barbados 2547 nautical miles, 4725 km, 2929 miles | |||
| Miles/Km rowed to date | 374 nautical miles ( 694 km 431 miles) | ||
| Miles/Km from Los Gigantes, Tenerife | 369 nautical miles ( 684 km 424 miles) | ||
| Miles/km to Barbados | 2249 nautical miles ( 4172 km 2587 miles) | ||
| nautical mile=1minute of latitude (1.15 statute miles or 1.853 kilometers) | |||
| Day/Date | Latitude | Longitude | Progress |
| (in degrees/minutes) | (in degrees/minutes) | (nautical miles,km, miles) | |
| Day10 Feb 17 (06:28GMT) | N 23.47 | W 21.32 | 41 nautical miles ( 75km 47miles) |
| Day09 Feb 16 (07:39GMT) | N 24.17 | W 21.02 | 42 nautical miles ( 79km 49miles) |
| Day08 Feb 15 (06:18GMT) | N 24.44 | W 20.26 | 56 nautical miles (103km 64miles) |
| Day07 Feb 14 (05:21GMT) | N 25.21 | W 19.40 | 42 nautical miles ( 79km 49miles) |
| Day06 Feb 13 (05:33GMT) | N 25.52 | W 19.08 | 43 nautical miles ( 80km 50miles) |
| Day05 Feb 12 (04:04GMT) | N 26.25 | W 18.37 | 36 nautical miles ( 67km 41miles) |
| Day04 Feb 11 (08:41GMT) | N 26.54 | W 18.13 | 40 nautical miles ( 74km 46miles) |
| Day03 Feb 10 (04:22GMT) | N 27.21 | W 17.40 | 16 nautical miles ( 30km 19miles) |
| Day02 Feb 09 (06:50GMT) | N 27.29 | W 17.24 | 38 nautical miles ( 70km 43miles) |
| Day01 Feb 08 (03:04GMT) | N 27.55 | W 16.53 | 20 nautical miles ( 37km 23miles) |
| Day00 Feb 07 (08:00GMT) | N 28.15 | W 16.50 | -- nautical miles ( --km --miles) |
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Click map at left to go to "The Big Picture--Tenerife to Barbados". See the formidable challenge that Elisabeth faces... |
| What's it like out there for Elisabeth? Read the daily journals of Stein and Arvid aboard Star Atlantic in the Atlantic Challenge Race Oct,12,-Dec,20,1997...(click here) |
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