Updated July 6 2007

Atlantic Ocean Crossings from West to East
As Compiled by Oceanrowing.com

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ROWS FROM THE USA - COMPLETED

 # FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
DOUBLE
1 George Harboe Norway Fox 3270 06/06/1896 01/08/1896 55 days New York, NY (USA) Scilly Isles (GB) 55 days then to Le Havre (France) in 5 days
Gabriel Samuelsen
2 John Ridgway GB English Rose III 2485 04/06/66
21:30GMT		 03/09/66
19:30GMT		 90 days 22h Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) Aran Isles (Ireland)
Chay Blyth
SOLO
1 Gerard d'Aboville France Captaine Cook 2735 10/07/80 20/09/80 71 days
23hours		 Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) Lizard Meridian (his stated goal)
2 Joseph Le Guen France Pour les Sauvateursc en Mer 2747 13/06/95 24/09/95 103 days
hours		 Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) Ile Molene (France)
3 Emmanuel Coindre France Lady Bird

4545

29 /07/02

 25/10/02

87 days 13hours
 59 min

 Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) I.d'Ouessant, France
4 Anne Quèmèrè France Le Connetable 4065

03 /06/04

 30/08/04

87 days 12hours
 15 min

 Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA)  Meridian of I.d'Ouessant, France (her stated goal)
5 Emmanuel Coindre France Lady Bird 3387

09 /07/04

 10/09/04

62 days 19hours
 48 min

 Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA)  Meridian of I.d'Ouessant, France
6 Oliver Hicks GB Miss Olive 3980

26 /05/05

 28/09/05

124 days 22hours
 08min

 Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA  St Mary's, Scilly Isles
FOUR
1 Gijs Groeneveld Netherlands Vopak Victory 3708 27/05/05 27/07/05

60 days 16hours
 19 min

 Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA Longitude of Bishop's Rock
Robert Hoeve
Jaap Koomen
Maarten Staarink
2 Brad Vickers USA James Robert Hanssen ~3290 10/06/06 20/08/06

71 days 3hours
 22 min
35 sec
 (from land to land)

 Liberty Landing Marina, Jersey City,  NJ, USA Falmouth,  Port Pendennis Marina
 
Dylan LeValley
Greg Spooner
Jordan Hanssen
3 Carl Powell GB Yorkshire Warrior ~ 10/06/06 25/08/06

75 days
17 hours
39 min

 Liberty Landing Marina, Jersey City,  NJ, USA Longitude of Bishop's Rock
Andrew Unwin
Mick Cataldo
Paul Tetlow
4 Ben Foreacre GB Team Hesco ~ 10/06/06 03/09/06

84 days
23h 59min

 Liberty Landing Marina, Jersey City,  NJ, USA Mevagissey, Cornwall UK
Charlie   Martell
Mark Waterson
Pete Rowlands
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ROWS FROM CANADA - COMPLETED
 SOLO

 # FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
1 Tom McClean GB Super Silver 1680 17/05/69 27/07/69 71 days St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Blacksod Bay (Ireland)
2 Tom McClean GB Skoll 1080 1732 16/06/87 10/08/87 55 days St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Bishops Light (UK)
3 Don Allum GB QE3 1720 21/06/87 05/09/87 76 days St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Achili Island (Ireland)
4 Sean Crowley GB Finn Again 2160 17/06/88 21/09/88 92 days Halifax (Canada) Galway (Ireland)
5 Maud Fontenoy France Pilot 4038 13/06/03 9/10/03 117 days 14h 10m St Pierre  (French territory off Canada) La Coruna, Spain
6 Rob Munslow GB Carnegie X-Stream - 27/06/06 30/08/06 64h 10h 48min St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Rosevear Island, Isles of Scilly, UK
                                    FOUR
1 George Rock GB Naturally Best 2312 31/05/05 10/07/05 39 days 22hours 10min 30sec St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Longitude of Bishop's Rock
Robert Munslow
Nigel Morris
Steven Dawson
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ROWS FROM THE USA - INCOMPLETE

 # FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO

DOUBLE
1 David Johnston GB Puffin 1432 21/05/66 03/09/66 105days last log entry Virginia Beach, VA (USA) --- (Lost at Sea)
John Hoare
2 Andy Clark GB Team Sevenoaks - 16/06/07 17/06/07 1 day New York Harbour, NJ(USA) returned for repairs
Weston Miller
SOLO
1 Guy Lemonier France Jacquet Enterprises 30 16/06/87 17/06/87 1 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
2 Guy Lemonier France Jacquet Enterprises
21/06/87 21/08/87 57 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
3 Frederic Guerin France Ramereve 1600 27/06/91 22/09/91 87 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
4 Jean Lukes France Luxior Assurances 135 31/07/94 08/08/94 8 days
hours		 Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
picked up by "Atlantic Mistress"
5 Jean Lukes France Luxior Assurances
24/06/95 27/06/95 3 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
6 Jean Lukes France Luxior Assurances 55 03/07/95 06/07/95 3 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
7 Tori Murden USA Sector No Limits American Pearl 3050 14/06/98 07/09/98 85 days
hours		 Nag's Head, N. Carolina (USA) --- (Incomplete)
Boat abandoned, later recovered off Portugal.
8 Nenad  Belic USA LUN 2618 11/05/01 lost at sea
30/09/01		 142 day Stage Harbour, Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass lost at sea
9 Jean  Lukes France Les Sauveteurs En Mer 335 21/06/01 30/06/01 9 days Stage Harbour, Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass rescued
10 Theodore Rezvoy Ukraine Ukraine 251 02/07/03 10/07/03 8 days New York, New York -- (Incomplete)
picked up by "USS Doyle"
11 Emmanuel Coindre France Lady Bird 68 26/07/03 28/07/03 2 days Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass -- (Incomplete)
 Airlifted   by coast guard helicopter
12 Jean Lukes France Sojasun 499 26/06/04 11/07/04 15days Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass -- (Incomplete)
 Airlifted   by coast guard helicopter
13 Andreas Rommel Germany Lady Georgia 1551 16/07/04 02/09/04 47 days Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) picked up by Federal Elbe, boat recovered
14 Charlie Girard France Caliste - 30/06/07 30/06/07 - Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) -- (Incomplete)  returned for repairs
15 Charlie Girard France Caliste - 04/07/07 06/07/07 1.5 days Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) -- (Incomplete)  picked up
FOUR
1 Alasdair MacGillivray GB Team Sevenoaks ~ 50 10/06/06 11/06/06 1 day Liberty Landing Marina
 Jersey City, NJ		 -- (Incomplete)
towed back by support yacht for repairs
Andy Clark
Peter Stevenson
Steve Hayson
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 ROWS FROM CANADA - INCOMPLETE
DOUBLE

 # FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
1 Don Allum GB QE3 1000 05/06/72 19/08/72 76 days St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Incomplete)
Geoff Allum 150 11/06/72 5 days Geoff rescued due to injury
2 Roy Finlay GB Celtic Crossing 250 28/07/00 24/08/00 26 days St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Incomplete)
towed back by Canadian Coastguard
Colleen Cronin USA

SOLO

 # FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
1 Kenneth Kerr GB Bass Challenger 700 1/05/79 26/06/79 58 days
hours		 St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) rescued
2 Kenneth Kerr GB Bass Challenger ~2100 21/05/80 after 16/09/80 ? 119? days
hours		 Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Lost at Sea)
3 Andrew Wilson GB Nautica -- 25/06/80 unknown unknown St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Lost at Sea)
4 Matthew Boreham GB Spirit of Spelthorne II 6 22/07/99 22/07/99 0 days
hours		 St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Incomplete)
FOUR
1 Mark  Stubbs GB Skandia 1041 June 11th 2002 (19:39 GMT) July 3rd 2002 (06:30 GMT) 21 days St. Johns, Newfoundland
(Canada)		 recovered
Robert  Munslow
Nigel  Morris
George  Rock
2 Mark Stubbs GB Pink Lady 1954 30/06/04 15:17GMT 8/08/04 38days St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) -- (Incomplete)
rescued by Scandinavian Reefer
Peter Bray
John Wills
Jonathan Gornall
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S  T  A  T  I  S  T  I  C  S  -  T O T A L
COMPLETED 19
INCOMPLETE 26
ROWERS LOST AT SEA 5

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