Last update July 31 2009

Atlantic Ocean Crossings  West - East from the USA
As Compiled by Oceanrowing.com

Historic Oceanrows -

  

Modern Day Oceanrows -  

 

 

S  T  A  T  I  S  T  I  C  S  -  T O T A L
TOTAL ATTEMPTS 35
ROWS COMPLETED 13
ROWS INCOMPLETE 22
 
ROWERS LOST AT SEA 3

 COMPLETED

 # FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
DOUBLE
1 George Harboe Norway Fox 3250 06/06/1896 01/08/1896 55 days
 13 hours		 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 03/09/66 91 days 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

27 /05/05

 28/09/05

123 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

 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
5 Leven Brown GB Artemis Investments 3450 17/06/10
17:30GMT		 31/07/10
14:56:48GMT

43 days
21h 26min
48sec

 Battery Park, Manhattan, New York, USA St Mary's, Scilly Isles
Ray  Carroll Ireland
Don Lennox GB
Livar Nysted Faroe Islands

 

 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) --- (Incomplete)
returned for repairs
Weston Miller
3 Andy Clark GB Team Sevenoaks - 01/06/08 02/06/08 1 day Liberty Landing Marina
 Jersey City, NJ		 --- (Incomplete)
towed back
Pete Lumley
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 LGBes 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 1 day Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) -- (Incomplete) returned for repairs
15 Charlie Girard France Caliste   04/07/07 06/07/07 1.5 day Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) -- (Incomplete) picked up
16 Charlie Girard France Caliste - 19/05/09 29/05/09 10 days Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) -- (Incomplete)  rescued
17 John Mollison GB Shepherd Purple Heart   05/07/09 28/07/09 22 days Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, USA -- (Incomplete)  rescued

 

FOUR
 # FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
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
2 Chris Jenkins GB Scilly Boys   01/06/08 14/06/08 12 days Liberty Landing Marina
 Jersey City, NJ		 -- (Incomplete)
Capsized. Rescued by
tanker Gulf Grace
Tim Garratt,
Wayne Davey
Joby Newton
3 Leven Brown GB Artemis Investments 150 30/05/10 01/06/10 2 days Liberty Harbour Marina
 Jersey City, NJ		 -- (Incomplete)
towed back to land for repairs
Ray Carroll Ireland
Don Lennox GB
Livar Nysted Faroe Islands
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