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O C E A N    R O W S   O F   M O R E   T H A N   1 0 0   D A Y S

i n   o r d e r    o f   d e p a r t u r e

( View  list of  O C E A N    R O W S   O F   M O R E   T H A N   1 0 0   D A Y S  in decreasing order)

Last update March 26th 2008


No Ocean 1st Name Surname Country Solo/Double Boat Miles Depart Arrival Days From To
1 Atlantic
W  to E
David Johnstone GB double Puffin 1432 21/05/66 03/09/66 105
last log entry
Virginia Beach, VA (USA) lost at sea
John Hoare
2 Atlantic
E to W
John Fairfax GB solo Britannia 4342 20/01/69 19/07/69 180 San Agustin 
(Canaria)
Hollywood Beach, 
FL (USA)
3 Pacific
E to W
John Fairfax GB double Britannia II 6000 26/04/71 22/04/72 361 San Francisco, 
CA (USA)
Australia
Sylvia Cook
4 Mid-Pacific
 E to W
Anders Svedlund Sweden solo Waka 
Moana
6462 27/02/74 06/09/74 191 Huasco
(Chile)
Apia, West Samoa via Papeete, Tahiti
5 Mid-Pacific
 E to W
Patrick Quesnel USA solo Hawaiiki 3400 14/07/76 02/11/76 111 La Push, Washington 
State (USA)
Hawaii
6 Atlantic
 W to E
Kenneth Kerr GB solo Bass Conqueror

~2100

21/05/80 ~16/09/80 ~119 Corner Brook (Newfoundland, Canada) lost at sea
7 Mid-Pacific
 E to W
Peter Bird GB solo Britannia II 3000 01/10/80 26/02/81 147 San Francisco, 
CA (USA)
via San Quinten (Mexico)
Maui, Hawaii (USA)
8 Pacific
 E to W
Peter Bird GB solo Hele-on-
Britannia
6000 23/08/82 14/06/83 294 San Francisco, 
CA (USA)
Great Barrier Reef 
(Australia)
9 Atlantic
E to W
Amyr Khan Klink Brazil solo Paraty 3370 09/06/84 18/09/84 101 Bahia de Luderitz 
(Namibia)
Praia de Espera 
(Brazil)
10 Pacific
 E to W
Curtis Saville USA double Excalibur 4000 04/07/84 21/08/85 189 Calleo (Peru) via Galapagos Islands via Marquises Islands
Cairns (Australia)
Kathleen Saville
11 Atlantic
E to W
Don Allum GB solo QE3 2715 30/01/86 23/05/86 114 Pasito Blanco 
(Canaria)
Nevis (West Indies)
12 Pacific
 W to E
Gerard d'Aborville France solo Sector 6200 11/07/91 21/11/91 134 Choshi (Japan) Ilawaco, Washinton 
State (USA)
13 Arctic
N to S
Eugene Smurgis Russia double Max-4 3510 20/07/92 01/09/93 131 Tiksi (Russia) London (England)
Alexander Smurgis
14 Pacific
 W to E
Peter Bird GB solo Sector 
Two
6300 12/05/93 12/03/94 304 Vladivostok 
(Russia)
(Incomplete)
15 Atlantic
W to E
Joseph Le Guen France solo Pour les 
Sauvateurs 
en Mer
2747 13/06/95 24/09/95 103 Chatham, Cape Cod, 
Mass. (USA)
Ile Molene 
(France)
16 Atlantic
E to W
Andrew Halsey GB solo Brittany Rose 2800 28/04/97 23/08/97 116 Santa Cruz 
(Canaria)
St. Lucia 
(West Indies)
17 Atlantic
E to W
Jan Meek GB double Carpe Diem 3044 12/10/97 21/01/98 100 Los Gigantes, 
Tenerife (Canaria)
Barbados 
(West Indies)
Daniel Byles
18 Pacific
E to W
Andrew Halsey GB solo Brittany Rose 6700 15/07/99 05/04/00 266 San Diego, CA (USA)  (Incomplete)
19 Atlantic
E to W
Diana Hoff GB solo Star Atlantic II 3025 13/09/99 05/01/00 113 Los Gigantes, 
Tenerife (Canaria)
Port St. Charles
Barbados (West Indies)
20 Pacific
E to W
Jim Shekhdar GB solo Le Shark 10652 29/06/00 30/03/01 273 Ilo (Peru) N Sradbroke, Australia
21 Atlantic
E to W
Richard Jones USA solo Brother
of Jared
3675 10/10/00 20/02/01 133 Los Gigantes, 
Tenerife (Canaria)
Ragged Island, 
Bahamas
22 Pacific
 W to E
Tim Welford GB double Pacific
Odyssey
5515 05/05/01 17/09/01 135 Choshi (Japan) (rescued)
Dom Mee
23 Atlantic
W to E
Nenad Belic USA solo LUN 2618 11/05/01 30/09/01 151 Stage Harbour, Chatam, Cape Cod, Mass lost at sea
24 Atlantic
E to W
Malcolm Atkinson GB double Kaos 2900 07/10/01 24/01/02 108 Playa San Juan
Tenerife (Spain)
Barbados 
(West Indies)
Ben Martell
25 Atlantic
E to W
Andrew Veal GB double Troika
Transatlantic
370 07/10/01 20/10/01 13 Playa San Juan
Tenerife (Spain)
rescued
Debra Veal 2900 26/01/02 111 Barbados 
(West Indies)
26 Atlantic
E to W
Rik  Knoop Holland double Domani 2 2900 09/10/01 18/01/02 101 Playa San Juan
Tenerife, Spain
Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Michael Tuijn
27 Pacific
E to W
Andrew Halsey GB solo Le Shark
Brittany Rose
4111 25/11/02 03/04/03 129 Callao, Peru  (Incomplete)
28 Indian
E to W
Simon Chalk GB solo True Spirit 4027 27/02/03 15/06/03 107 Kalbarri (West Australia) Longitude of Rafael Island
29 Atlantic
W to E
Maud Fontenoy France solo Pilot 2343 13/06/03 09/10/03 117 St. Pierre, French territory off Canada Ouessant, France
30 Atlantic
E toW
Stuart Boreham GB solo Macmillan Spirit 3341 15/11/04 03/03/04 109 Playa Santiago
La Gomera (Spain)
Port St. Charles,
Barbados
31 Atlantic
E toW
Richard Wood GB solo NaJoJo   20/01/04 30/04/04 101 San Sebastian
La Gomera (Spain)
Port St. Charles,
Barbados
32 Atlantic
E toW
Sally Kettle GB double Calderdale   20/01/04 05/05/04 105 San Sebastian
La Gomera (Spain)
Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Sarah Kettle
33 Atlantic
E toW
Henry Dale GB double Kenneth C   20/01/04 18/05/04 118 San Sebastian
La Gomera (Spain)
Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Justin Coleman
34 Atlantic
E toW
Louis Ginglo Canada solo Moose on the Move   20/01/04 20/05/04 120 San Sebastian
La Gomera (Spain)
Port St. Charles,
Barbados
35 Pacific
W toE
Mick Dawson      GB solo Mrs D's Viking Spirit 4139 06/05/04 23/08/04 109 Choshi (Japan) incomplete,  rescued
36 Atlantic
E toW
 
Tiny Little      GB solo Womble 3479 21/01/05 17/05/05 116 San Sebastian
La Gomera (Spain)
Antigua
towed 51 miles
37 Atlantic
W toE
Oliver Hicks GB solo Miss Olive 3980 27/05/05 28/09/05 123 Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
38 Pacific
W to E
Emmanuel Coindre France solo Somewhere 5988 24/06/05 01/11/05 130 Choshi (Japan) Coos Bay, Ore. USA
39 Atlantic
E to W
 
Leven Sinclair Brown GB solo Atlantic Wholff 4278 26/08/05 27/01/06 123 Rota, Spain Trinidad, West Indies
40 Atlantic E to W Alex Bellini Italy solo Rosa d'Atacama II ~5000 18/09/05 30/04/06 224 Genoa, Italy Fortaleza, Brazil
41 Atlantic E to W Julie Wafaei Canada double  Ondine 5111 23/09/05 24/02/06 153 Lisbon, Portugal via St Lucia to Limon, Costa Rica
Colin Angus
42 Atlantic E to W Erden Eruc Turkey solo Around-n-Over 4557 09/11/05 05/05/06 176 Lisbon, Portugal Guadeloupe
43 Atlantic E to W Roz Savage GB solo Sedna Solo ~3000 30/11/05 13/03/06 103 San Sebastian
La Gomera (Spain)

Antigua

44 Atlantic E to W Mike Norman GB double Fraser's Boat 3256 29/01/06 21/05/06 112 days San Sebastian
La Gomera (Spain)

Antigua

Tim Bradbury
45 Atlantic E to W Bhavik Gandhi India solo Miss Olive 3285 28/02/07 14/05/07 106d 9h 30min Restinga de
El Hierro, Spain

Antigua

46 Mid-Pacific
E to W
Ralph Tuijn Netherlands solo Zeeman Challenger 6787 14/03/07 24/08/07 163 days Callao, Peru

Atafu Atoll, Tokelau Islands

47 Indian E to W John Williams GB double (for 89 days, then solo) Atlantic Warrior - 24/03/07 10/07/07 107days 21h 30min Fremantle, Australia

Longitude of Rodriguez Island

48 Pacific E to W Erden Eruç Turkey solo Around-n-Over - 10/07/07 in progress 273 days
on
April 8th 2008
Bodega Bay, CA.
USA

Mindanao, Philippines


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