Welcome to Tori Murden's Atlantic Solo Row Site

*PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GO TO TORI'S NEW PROGRESS MAP FOR HER SEPT 99 ATTEMPT TO ROW THE ATLANTIC*
(march issue) ALONE AT SEA BY TORI MURDEN THE STORY OF MY 85-DAY ODYSSEY ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC

Flash! Tori Rescued at Sea! Sector No Limits American Pearl: Tori Murden rescued at sea on Sept. 7,1998. Read about the rescue Here Sept 9 (onboard the Independent Spirit enroute to Philadelphia)"Along the way I think I had some of the happiest days of my life out on the ocean," she said. "The whales within inches of my boat, the dolphins, the sunrises, the sunsets. "I felt like I was holding life in my fingertips, feeling what it's really like to be alive on this planet." (latest press release Sept 10)	(click image to go to ORS site for Tori's row)

The Sector American Pearl has been rescued at sea!!!
...Kathy Burr telephoned me shortly after 6:00 AM this morning to report that the American Pearl had been found. She gave me the number for the Coast Guard Center in Portsmouth, Virginia. I spoke with Petty Officer Drew Leaon who reported that an American motor vessel the SV Mediterranean was along
side the American Pearl and that they were attempting to salvage the boat. (Tori)

American Pearl found!!

AMERICAN SOLO ROWER RESCUED IN ATLANTIC AFTER THRASHING BY HURRICANE DANIELLE ! More Here SEPT, 14: MURDEN RECEIVES HERO'S WELCOME IN LOUISVILLE(CLICK HERE)

check Tori's home page for her "final" letter from the edge, click here (e-mail Tori at this site...)

Oregon Inlet, N.C. -- (June 14, 1998) -- Tori Murden has departed onboard "Sector No Limits American Pearl" from Oregon Inlet, N.C. She is attempting to become the first American and first woman to row alone and unsupported across an ocean solo. If completed, the marathon North Atlantic row 3,635 miles from North Carolina to the West Coast of France – will take 100 to 120 days.

Murden is sponsored by Sector Sport Watches. She is a member of the Sector No Limits® Team, an elite group of international athletes who dare test and transcend the outer limits of human potential.

June 19 (282 miles East of Oregon Inlet)..."In sum, I had a great storm kick me into the Gulf Stream. I’ve had a bath. The laundry, if not clean, is cleaner than it was yesterday. The sun is shining. The water is calm and I would wish myself to be in no other place on earth than the one in which I find myself. If there is any truer statement of happiness, I cannot bring it to mind. From Letters from the Edge "
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Sept 9 (onboard the Independent Spirit enroute to Philadelphia)"Along the way I think I had some of the happiest days of my life out on the ocean," she said. "The whales within inches of my boat, the dolphins, the sunrises, the sunsets.
"I felt like I was holding life in my fingertips, feeling what it's really like to be alive on this planet."

Home-Ocean Rowing Society page for Tori's row.

Sector No Limits American Pearl- Home page for Tori's team in Louisville, Ky.

Fact Sheet-A brief overview of Tori Murden’s attempt to become the first American and first woman to row solo across the North Atlantic Ocean.

Rower Victoria Murden - A profile of Victoria Murden.

First American, First Woman to Row an Ocean Solo-A detailed review of the voyage.

SECTOR NO LIMITS American Pearl -The rowboat’s history, design and specifications.

Route Map-Visual overview of Tori’s route across the Atlantic

The Watch-To understand Sector is to experience NO LIMITSâ

NoLimitsâWear-Technical gear designed specifically for No Limitsâ Team Athletes

What’s on Board- Equipment, food, clothing and even "luxuries".

Victoria Murden A look at the woman who embodies No Limits.

Press Office -Julie Wellik, Susan
Barnes or Kevin Plagman
1426 Eighteenth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone415.863.7220Mobile415.215.9459
Fax415.621.2907Email comwest@comwest.com

Technical Support
Columbia River
Christophe Hebert
215, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux - France
Tel: 33(0)1 47 36 33 16-Fax: 33(0)1 47 36 02 64-e-mail: columbia@slj.fr

	Wed, Sept 9, Linda Stahl interview with Tori at sea; GREAT STUFF!!!
(aug 12) (sept 5) (sept 6) (sept 8)(sept15)

Press Releases...

Tori's Progress Maps and daily position record of "Sector No Limits American Pearl"

Tori's Guestbook The Ocean Rowing Society will forward to Tori, and post your words of encouragement on a guestbook throughout the row.

Aug 17 on National Public Radio (NPR) "Row, Row, Row Your Boat
(listen with the free real audio player)

Sector No Limits American Pearl Photo Gallery- Lots of great photos of Tori and her boat...

Wind Waves and Weather Up to date weather information...

"Letters from the Edge" Letters from Tori onboard "Sector No Limits American Pearl". (Unfortunately Tori's communications went down within the first week of departure; meanwhile enjoy Tori's first couple e-mails...)

What's it like out there for Tori? Read the daily journals of Stein and Arvid aboard Star Atlantic in the Atlantic Challenge Race Oct,12,-Dec,20,1997... (click here)

Updated history of Alantic solo rows from West to East (click here).
For a complete history of completed ocean rows (click here).