Last update March 30th 2008

List of successful  ocean rows by oceans

compiled by Oceanrowing.com

We gratefully acknowledge the support and help of D.H.(Nobby) Clarke
(formally of Guinness Book of Records) for his help and guidance in completing this list.
The first 12 completed oceanrows were all undertaken without water makers, without sat phones,  GPS, EPIRB and liferafts.
In fact, to quote Geoff Allum : "The first oceanrows were done under conditions that were not much different from the days of Columbus"
As Gerard d' Aboville said of his Atlantic row and all oceanrowers from that time ( 1896 - 1982): "We were like test pilots, but without a parachute."
ORS considers that the first 12 rows are "Historic oceanrows".
Starting with row of Peter Bird ( from San Francisco to Australia, 1982), who had both watermaker and Argos onboard, the rows can be described as
 "Modern Day Oceanrows".

Historic Oceanrows -

  

Modern Day Oceanrows -    

Atlantic W-E (from the USA) double completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

FROM

TO

1

 George Harbo

Norway

 Fox

3250

June 06 1896

August 01 1896

55 days
13 hours

Battery Park Manhattan
New York (USA)

La Havre (France)
via Isles of Scilly
(England)
Gabriel Samuelsen

2

 John Ridgway

GB

 English Rose III

2485

June 04 1966

September 03 1966

91

Orleans Cape Cod (USA)

Aran Isles (Ireland)
Chay Blyth

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Atlantic W-E (from the USA) solo completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO

1

 Gerard d'Aborville

France

 Captaine Cook

2735

July 10 1980

September 20 1980

72

 Cape Cod (USA) Brest (France)

2

 Joseph Le Guen

France

 Pour les Sauveteurs
en Mer

2747

June 13 1995

September 24 1995

103

 Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) Ile Molene
(Britany France)

3

 Emmanuel Coindre

France

 Lady Bird

4545

July 29 2002

October  25 2002

87 days 13hours
 59 min

 Chatham, Cape Cod (USA) I.d'Ouessant, France

4

 Anne Quemere    France Le Connetable

4065

June 3 2004

August 30 2004

87 days 12hours 15min

Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA)

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

July 9 2004

 September 10 2004

62 days 19hours
 48 min Modern Day Fastest crossing 

Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA)  Meridian of I.d'Ouessant, France
6 Oliver Hicks GB Miss Olive 3980 May 27 2005 September 28 2005

123 days 22hours
 08min

 Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA  St Mary's, Scilly Isles

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Atlantic W-E (from the USA) four completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO
1 Gijs Groeneveld Holland Vopak Victory 3708 May 27 2005 July 27 2005 60 days 16hours 19min Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA Longitude of Bishop's Rock.
Robert Hoeve
Jaap Koomen
Maarten Staarink
2 Brad Vickers USA James Robert Hanssen - June 10 2006 August 20 2006 71 days 3h 22min
35 sec		 Liberty Landing Marina
 Jersey City, NJ

Falmouth,  Port Pendennis Marina, UK
Dylan  Le Valley
Greg Spooner
Jordan Hanssen
3 Andrew Unwin GB Yorkshire Warrior - June 10 2006 August 25 2006 75 days
20 hours		 Liberty Landing Marina
 Jersey City, NJ

Longitude of Bishop's Rock
Carl Powell
Mick Cataldo
Paul Tetlow
4 Ben  Fouracre GB Team Hesco - June 10 2006 September 03 2006 84 days 23h 59min Liberty Landing Marina
 Jersey City, NJ

Mavagissey, Cornwall, UK
Charlie  Martell
Mark Waterson
Pete Rowlands

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Atlantic W-E (from Canada) solo completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO

1

 Tom McClean

GB

 Super Silver

1680

May 17 1969

July 27 1969

70 days 18h 35m

 St Johns
(Newfoundland Canada)		 Blacksod Bay
(Ireland)

2

 Tom McClean

GB

 Skoll 1080

1732

June 16 1987

August 10 1987

55 Modern Day Fastest crossing

St Johns
(Newfoundland Canada)		 Bishop Light House (England)

3

Don

Allum

 GB

QE3

1720

June 21 1987

September 5 1987

76

 St Johns
(Newfoundland Canada)		 Dooagh, Ireland

4

 Sean Crowley

GB

 Finn Again

2160

June 17 1988

September 21 1988

92

 Halifax (Canada) Galaway (Ireland)

5

 Maud Fontenoy

France

 Pilot

4038

June 13 2003

October 9 2003

117 days 14h 10 min

St. Pierre, French territory off Canada

 La Coruna, Spain

6

 Rob Munslow

GB

 Carnegie X-Stream

4038

June 27 2006

Aug 30 2006

64 days 10h 48min

St. John’s, Newfoundland

 Rosevear Island, Isles of Scilly, UK

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Atlantic W-E (from Canada) four completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO
1 George Rock GB Naturally Best 2312 May 31 2005 July 10 2005 39 days 22hours 10min 30sec St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Longitude of Bishop's Rock. Then towed to the Isles of Scilly (UK)
Robert Munslow
Nigel Morris
Steven Dawson

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Atlantic both directions solo completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO

1

 Don Allum

GB

 QE3

2715

January 30 1986

May 23 1986

114

 Pasito Blanco
(Tenerife Canary Islands)		 Nevis
(West Indies)

1720

 June 21 1987

September 5 1987

76

 St Johns
(Newfoundland Canada)		 Dooagh, Ireland

2

 Emmanuel Coindre France Ville de Dinard 3024 April 15 2001

June 11 2001

 57days
4h30min

Puerto de Mogan
Gran Canaria
(Canaria)

 Guadeloupe
Ladybird

4545

July 29 2002

October  25 2002

87 days 13hours
 59 min

Chatham, Cape Cod (USA)

 I.d'Ouessant, France
2891 January 7 2004 February 19 2004 42days 14h 32min Rastinga (El Hierro Canary Islands) Guadeloupe
3387 July 9 2004 September 10 2004 62 days 19hours
 48 min		 Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA)  Meridian of I.d'Ouessant, France

3

Anne

Quemere

France

 Le Connetable

3099

 December 26 2002 February 21 2003 56 days
13 h 09min		 San Sebastian,
La Gomera, Canaria		 Guadeloupe
4065

June 3 2004

 August 30 2004

87 days 12h 15min

Chatham, Cape Cod, Mass. (USA)

 Meridian of I.d'Ouessant, France (her stated goal)

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Atlantic E-W four completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO

1

 Shaun Barker

GB

Queensgate

2917

January 20 2004

February 26 2004

36 days
 59 min

RECORD

San Sebastian La Gomera
(Canary Islands)

Barbados (West Indies)
Jason Hart
Phil Langman
Yorkie Lomas
2 Justin Adkin GB All Relative ~3000 November 30 2005 January 8 2006
15:37GMT		 39d 3h 35 min San Sebastian,
 La Gomera, Spain

Antigua (West Indies)
James Green
Robert  Adkin
Martin  Adkin
3 George  Simpson GB Atlantic4 ~3000 November 30 2005 January 19 2006, 2:26GMT 49d 14h 21min San Sebastian,
 La Gomera, Spain

Antigua (West Indies)
David  Martin
Neil Wightwick
Glynn Coupland
4  Paula Evemy GB (Guernsey) Mission Atlantic ~3000 November 30 2005  February 05 2006 67d 07h  20 min San Sebastian,
 La Gomera, Spain

Antigua (West Indies)
Kathy  Tracey
Sarah Day
Lois  Rawlins-Duquemin
5 Sally Kettle GB Shelterbox
(Rowgirls)		 ~3000 November 30 2005 February 15 2006,
22:00GMT		 77 days 9h 55min San Sebastian,
 La Gomera, Spain

Antigua (West Indies)
Claire  Mills
Sue  McMillan
Jo Davies 1520 January 14 2006 45 days rescued due to health problem
6 Dom Mee GB Atlantic Quest 3118 January 14 2007  February 20 2007 37d 08h  03 min Porto Tazacorte, La Palma, Canary Islands Spain

Barbados (West Indies)
Peter Bird
Ed James
Tom Rendell

7

 Carl Theakston GB Pura Vida ~3000 December 2 2007 January 19 2008
14:52 GMT		 48d 2h 52min San Sebastian,
 La Gomera, Spain		 Antigua
John Cecil-Wright
Robbie Grant
Tom Harvey

8

 Denis Richardson USA ORCA 2907 December 15 2007 13:05GMT January 20 2008 14:14GMT 36d 1h 9min
 		 Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria Canary Islands, Spain Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Chris Cuddihy
Ronnie Desiderio
Roy Finlay

9

 Emily Kohl USA UnFinished Business ~3000 December 2 2007 12:00GMT January 23 2008 04:31GMT 51 days 16h
31 min
RECORD
fastest all female crew		 San Sebastian,
 La Gomera, Spain		 Antigua
Sarah Kessans USA
Tara Remington NZ
Jo Davies GB
10 Clair Desborough GB Silver Cloud ~3000 December 2 2007
12:00GMT		 February 14 2008 74 days 1h 54min San Sebastian,
 La Gomera, Spain		 Antigua
Fiona Waller
Rachel Flanders
Sarah  Duff

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Atlantic E-W five completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO
1 Ben Thackwray GB Oyster Shack 3011 December 23 2007
12:05GMT		 January 29 2008
17:55GMT		 37d 5h 50min San Sebastian,
 La Gomera, Spain		 Antigua
Mike Martin
George Oliver
Ian  Couch
Simon Chalk Captain

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Atlantic E-W crew completed

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO

1

 Gerard Seibel

France

 La Mondiale

2952

March 25 1992

April 29 1992

35 days
8h 30 min

Santa-Crus-de-la-Palma
(Canary Islands)

Martinique
(West Indies)

(11 man crew)

2

 Leven Brown

GB/
Republic of Ireland

 La Mondiale

3140

December 15 2007
13:05GMT

January 17 2008  
20:35GMT

New Record!!!
33 days 7h 30min

Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria Canary Islands, Spain

Port St Charles, Barbados,  West Indies

(14 man crew)

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Atlantic E-W solo completed (Classic Route - Trade Winds Route 1)

NO

FIRST
NAME

SURNAME

COUNTRY

BOAT

MILES

DEPART

ARRIVAL

DAYS

 FROM TO

1

 John Fairfax

GB

 Britannia

5342

January 20 1969

July 19 1969

180

 San Agustin
Grand Canaria
Canary Islands		 Hollywood
Beach
(USA Florida)

2

 Sidney Genders

GB

 Khaggavisana

1700

September 11 1969

November 18 1969

68

 Sennen Cove (UK) Las Palmas
(Tenerife Canary Islands)

3800

December 25 1969

March 08 1970

73d 8hrs

 Las Palmas
(Tenerife Canary Islands)