P A C I F I C      O C E A N         R O W S
As Compiled by Oceanrowing.com

Last update  April 1st 2008

Historic Completed Ocean rows -

 

Modern Day Ocean rows -

 
+ - ROWS COMPLETED
-    ROWS INCOMPLETE
 
  Attempts West to East Attempts East to West Mid-Pacific E to W On all routes
  Solo Double Solo Double   Solo  
  + - Total + - Total + - Total + - Total + + - Total
Rows 2 11 13 0 1 1 3 6 9 2 7 9 5 12 25 37
Rowers 2 5

7

0 2 2 3 5 7 4 6 8 5 14 18 25

 

List of All Pacific Ocean Rowers - (rows completed and rows with departures but no arrivals)

Sylvia Cook
John Fairfax
Peter Bird
Kathleen Saville
Curtis Saville
Gerard d’Aboville
Emmanuel Coindre
Mick Bird
Jim Shekhdar
Andrew Halsey
Anders Svedlund
Joseph Le Guen
Mick Dawson
Dom Mee
Tim Welford
Erden Eruc
Patric Quesnel
Maud Fontenoy
Ralph Tuijn
Patrick Satterlee
Arthur Hornby
Roz Savage
Peter Doorish
Steve Ewbanks
John Martineau


West to East

Pacific Ocean  W-E Solo Completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

FROM TO

1

Gerard d’Aboville

France

Sector

6200

July 11 1991
08.00GMT

November 21 1991
20.15GMT

134d
12h 15m

Choshi (Japan)

Ilwaco, Washington State USA

2

Emmanuel Coindre

France

Somewhere

5988

June 24 2005
06.00GMT

November 1 2005
8.30GMT

130d
1h 30m

Choshi (Japan)

Coos Bay, Oregon StateUSA

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Pacific Ocean W-E Solo Incomplete

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

END OF ROW

DAYS

FROM

1

Arthur Hornby

GB

Yorkshire Rose

170

1972

1972

30

Kamaishi, Japan

2

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

570

June 6 1992

June 25 1992

19

Vladivostok (Russia)

3

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

6300

May 12 1993

March 12 1994

304

Vladivostok (Russia)

4

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

30

June 12 1995

June 13 1995

1

Nakhodka (Russia)

5

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

30

June 14 1995

June 15 1995

1

Nakhodka (Russia)

6

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

1400

March 27 1996

June 3 1996

69

Nakhodka (Russia)

7

Joseph Le Guen

France

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1770

February 3 2000

April 2 2000

59

Wellington (New Zealand)

8

Mick Dawson

GB

Mrs D

713

June 02 2003

June 14 2003

12

Choshi (Japan)

 9 Jim Shekhdar

GB

Hornette

50

October 16 2003

October 16 2003

1

        Bluff, New Zealand

 10 Jim Shekhdar

GB

Hornette

?

November 04 2003

November 18 2003

14

        Bluff, New Zealand

11

Mick Dawson

GB

Mrs D's Viking Spirit

4139

May 6 2004 August 23 2004

109

Choshi (Japan)
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Pacific Ocean W-E Solo
Two or more departures (of one rower) with no arrivals

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

END OF ROW

DAYS

FROM

1

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

570

June 6 1992

June 25 1992

19

Vladivostok (Russia)

2

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

6300

May 12 1993

March 12 1994

304

Vladivostok (Russia)

3

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

30

June 12 1995

June 13 1995

1

Nakhodka (Russia)

4

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

30

June 14 1995

June 15 1995

1

Nakhodka (Russia)

5

Peter Bird

GB

Sector Two

1400

March 27 1996

June 3 1996

69

Nakhodka (Russia)


1

Mick Dawson

GB

Mrs D

713

June 02 2003

June 14 2003

12

Choshi (Japan)

2

Mick Dawson

GB

Mrs D's Viking Spirit

4139

May 6 2004 August 23 2004

109

Choshi (Japan)

1 Jim Shekhdar

GB

Hornette

50

October 16 2003

October 16 2003

1

        Bluff, New Zealand

 2 Jim Shekhdar

GB

Hornette

?

November 04 2003

November 18 2003

14

        Bluff, New Zealand

11 unsuccessful solo attempts were undertaken by 5 rowers
Peter Bird
- 5 departures
Mick Dawson
- 2
Jim Shekhdar
- 2
Arthur Hornby
- 1
Jo Le Guen - 1

 

Pacific Ocean W-E Double Incomplete

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

END OF ROW

DAYS

FROM

1

Tim Welford

GB

Pacific Odyssey

5515

May 05 2001

September 17 2001

135

Choshi (Japan)
Dom Mee

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 East to West

 Mid-Pacific Ocean E-W Solo Completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

             FROM                TO
1 Anders Svedlund Sweden Waka Moana

6462

Feb 27 1974 Sept 06 1974

191

Huasco, Chile

Apia, West Samoa via Papeete, Tahiti

2 Patrick Quesnel

USA

Hawaiiki

3400

July 14 1976

Nov 2 1976

111

La Push, Washington State USA  Hawaii, his stated destination
3 Peter Bird

GB

Britannia II

3400

October  1 1980

Feb  26 1981

147

San Francisco, CA USA   Maui Island, Hawaii via Baja (San Quentin, Mexico)
4 Maud Fontenoy France Oceor

4217

Jan 12 2005 March 26 2005

72

Callao, Lima, Peru

Hiva 'Oa, Marquesas Islands

5 Ralph Tuijn Netherlands

Zeeman Challenge

6787

March 14 2007 Aug 24 2007

163

Callao, Lima, Peru

Atafu Atoll,
Tokelau Islands

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 Pacific Ocean E-W Solo Completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

             FROM                TO

1

Peter Bird

GB

Hele-on-Britannia

8688

Aug 23 1982

June 14 1983

294

San Francisco California USA
37:47:36N 122:33:17W
Great Barier Reef Australia
(near Lockhart river)
12:00:00S 143:07:48E

2

Mick Bird

(US)

Reach 2600 Aug 19 1997 Oct 23 1997 64 Fort Bragg, California Kona, Hawaii
1800 Jul 19 1998 Sept 23 1998 65 Hawaii Majuro, Marshall Islands
1100 May 18 1999 Jun 23 1999 36 Majuro, Marshall Islands Solomon Island
1200 Jul 11 1999 Aug 1 1999 21 Solomon Island Cairns, Australia

3

Jim Shekhdar

GB

Le Shark 10652 June 29 2000 March 30 2001 273d 13h 12min Ilo, Peru 17:38:31S 71:21:00W NStradbroke Isl, Australia
27:32:24S 153:30:00E
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Pacific Ocean E-W Solo Incomplete

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

END OF ROW

DAYS

FROM
1 Patrick Satterlee USA Britannia II 3 July 13 1978 July 13 1978 1 San Diego, CA. USA
2 Mick Bird USA Reach 250 August 4 1996 August 14 1996 10 Monterey, CA. USA
3 Andrew Halsey GB Brittany Rose 6700 July 15 1999 April 5 2000 266 San Diego, CA. USA
4 Andrew Halsey GB Le Shark 
Brittany Rose
4111 November 25 2002 April 3 2003 129 Callao, Peru
5 Erden Eruc Turkey Around-and-Over 13 June 5 2007 June 5 2007 1 San Francisco, CA. USA
6 Roz Savage GB Brocade 193 Aug 12 2007 Aug 23 2007 11 Crescent City, CA. USA
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Pacific Ocean E-W Solo Incomplete
Two or more departures of one rower
Blue square marks a completed row, that followed an unsuccessful attempt

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

END OF ROW

DAYS

FROM TO
1 Mick Bird USA Reach 250 August 4 1996 August 14 1996 10 Monterey, CA. USA incomplete

2

Mick

Bird

(US)

Reach 2600 Aug 19 1997 Oct 23 1997 64 Fort Bragg, California Kona, Hawaii
1800 Jul 19 1998 Sept 23 1998 65 Hawaii Majuro, Marshall Islands
1100 May 18 1999 Jun 23 1999 36 Majuro, Marshall Islands Solomon Island
1200 Jul 11 1999 Aug 1 1999 21 Solomon Island Cairns, Australia

1 Andrew Halsey GB Brittany Rose 6700 July 15 1999 April 5 2000 266 San Diego, CA. USA
2 Andrew Halsey GB Le Shark 
Brittany Rose
4111 November 25 2002 April 3 2003 129