Last update
February 03 2008
compiled by Oceanrowing.com
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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. |
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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". |
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Historic Oceanrows - |
Modern Day Oceanrows - |
| Completed - 112 | Incomplete - 19 |
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NO |
FIRST |
SURNAME |
COUNTRY |
BOAT |
MILES |
DEPART |
ARRIVAL |
DAYS |
FROM | TO |
|
1 |
Don | Allum |
GB |
QE3 |
2730 |
January 12 1971 |
March 26 1971 |
74 |
Las
Palmas (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Geoff | Allum | |||||||||
|
2 |
Derek | King |
GB |
Britannia II |
3303 |
March 24 1974 |
August 10 1974 |
103 |
Gibraltar
via Barbate (Spain) & Casablanca |
St
Lucia (West Indies) |
| Peter | Bird | |||||||||
|
3 |
Curtis | Saville |
US |
Excalibur |
2800 |
March 18 1981 |
June 10 1981 |
89 |
Casablanca (Morocco) via Hierro Canary Islands |
English
Harbour Antigua (West Indies) |
| Kathleen | Saville | |||||||||
|
4 |
Sean | Crowley |
GB |
In Finnegans Wake |
2676 |
January 30 1986 |
April 14 1986 |
73 |
Pasito
Blanco (Gran Canaria) |
Georgetown (Guyana) |
| Mike | Nestor | |||||||||
|
5 |
Rob | Hamill |
New Zealand |
Kiwi Challenge |
2753 |
October 12 1997 |
November 22 1997 |
41 days |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Phil | Stubbs | |||||||||
|
6 |
Pascal | Blond |
France |
Atlantik Challenge |
2906 |
October 12 1997 |
November 30 1997 |
49d 8hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Joseph | Le Guen | |||||||||
|
7 |
David | Rice |
GB |
Hannah Snell |
2931 |
October 12 1997 |
December 06 1997 |
55d 2hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Nadia | Rice | |||||||||
|
8 |
Ian | Blandin |
GB |
Spirit of Jersey |
2933 |
October 12 1997 |
December 08 1997 |
57d 12hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Rob | Cassin | |||||||||
|
9 |
Eamonn | Kavanagh |
Ireland |
Christina |
2847 |
October 12 1997 |
December 09 1997 |
58d 4hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Peter | Kavanagh | |||||||||
|
10 |
Steve | Issacs |
GB |
Toc H Phoenix |
2875 |
October 12 1997 |
December 09 1997 |
58d 12hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Mark | Stubbs | |||||||||
|
11 |
Peter | Hogden |
GB |
Hospiscare |
2939 |
October 12 1997 |
December 09 1997 |
58d 13hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Neil | Hitt | |||||||||
|
12 |
John | Searson |
GB |
Commodore Shipping |
3046 |
October 12 1997 |
December 11 1997 |
59d 12hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Carl | Clinton |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Carl Clinton airlifted off after 7 days due to back injury | |||||
|
13 |
Wayne | Callahan |
GB |
Ryvita |
2893 |
October 12 1997 |
December 11 1997 |
60d 5hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Tim | Welford | |||||||||
|
14 |
Steven | Lee |
GB |
Kielder Atlantic Warrior |
2829 |
October 12 1997 |
December 12 1997 |
61d 2hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| John | Bryant | |||||||||
|
15 |
Danniel | Innes |
GB |
Golden Fleece |
2861 |
October 12 1997 |
December 12 1997 |
61d 3 hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Peter | Lowe | |||||||||
|
16 |
Graham | Walters |
GB |
George Geary |
2948 |
October 12 1997 |
December 13 1997 |
62d 4hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Keith | Mason-Moore | |||||||||
|
17 |
Duncan | Nicoll |
GB |
Mt Gay Rum Runner |
2980 |
October 12 1997 |
December 14 1997 |
63d 0hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Jock | Wishart | |||||||||
|
18 |
Andrew | Watson |
GB |
Bitzer |
2970 |
October 12 1997 |
December 15 1997 |
64d 3hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Russell | Reid | |||||||||
|
19 |
Simon | Chalk |
GB |
Cellnet Atlantic Challenger |
3012 |
October 12 1997 |
December 15 1997 |
64d 5hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| George | Rock | |||||||||
|
20 |
John | Van Katwyck |
GB |
Endeavour |
3016 |
October 12 1997 |
December 15 1997 |
64d 7hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Geoff | Gavey | |||||||||
|
21 |
Jim | Shekdar |
GB |
Boatcom Waverider |
Unknown |
October 12 1997 |
December 20 1997 |
64d 18hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Dave | Jackson | |||||||||
|
22 |
Michael | Elliot |
GB |
Cornish Challenger |
2883 |
October 12 1997 |
December 17 1997 |
66d 5hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Louis | Hunkin | |||||||||
|
23 |
Charles | Street |
GB |
Sam Deacon |
2878 |
October 12 1997 |
December 17 1997 |
67d 2hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Roger | Gould | |||||||||
|
24 |
David | Immelman |
South Africa |
Key
Challenger (started as double) |
2861 |
October 12 1997 |
December 18 1997 |
66d14hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| David | Mossman |
-- |
-- |
-- |
David Mossman picked up after 5 days due to injury | |||||
|
25 |
Stein | Hoff |
Norway |
Star Atlantic |
2938 |
October 12 1997 |
December 20 1997 |
69d 6hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Arvid | Bentsen | |||||||||
|
26 |
Martin | Bellamy |
GB |
Salamanca |
2861 |
October 12 1997 |
December 25 1997 |
73d 10hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Mark | Mortimer | |||||||||
|
27 |
Isabel | Fraser |
GB |
Stylus Mistral Endeavour |
3058 |
October 12 1997 |
January 04 1998 |
84d 1hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Richard | Duckworth | |||||||||
|
28 |
Jan | Meek |
GB |
Carpe Diem |
3044 |
October 12 1997 |
January 21 1998 |
100d18hr |
Los
Gigantes (Tenerife Canary Islands) |
Barbados (West Indies) |
| Daniel | Byles | |||||||||
| 29 | Matt | Goodman |
New Zealand |
Telecom Challenge 1 |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
November 18 2001 |
42 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Steve | Westlake | |||||||||
| 30 | Paul | McCarthy |
Australia |
Freedom |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
November 21 2001 |
45 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Patrick | Weinrauch | |||||||||
| 31 | Alain | Lewuillon |
Belgium |
Win.Belgium |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
November 25 2001 |
49 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Bruno | Lewuillon | |||||||||
| 32 | Stephanie | Brown |
New Zealand |
Telecom Challenge 25 |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
November 26 2001 |
50 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Jude | Ellis | |||||||||
| 33 | Andrew | Chapple |
GB |
Comship.com |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
November 27 2001 |
50 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Ian | Anderson | |||||||||
| 34 | Will | Mason |
GB |
Bright Spark |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
November 27 2001 |
50 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Tim | Thurnham | |||||||||
| 35 | Pascal | Hanssen |
Belgum |
Bruxelles- Challenge |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 1 2001 |
55 days |
Los
Gigantes, Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Serge | van Cleve | |||||||||
| 36 | Christian | Havrehed |
Denmark / China |
Yantu |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 3 2001 |
56 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Sun | Haibin | |||||||||
| 37 | Richard | White | GB | DLE GlobalStar |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 3 2001 |
56 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Ian | Roots | |||||||||
| 38 | Rory | Shannon | GB | Atlantic Warrior |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 3 2001 |
57 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Alex | Wilson | |||||||||
| 39 | John | Zeigler | USA | American Star |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 4 2001 |
58 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Tom | Mailhot | |||||||||
| 40 | Istvan | Hajdu | Hungary/GB | UniS Voyager |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 4 2001 |
58 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Simon | Walpole | |||||||||
| 41 | Pierre | Deroi | France | Esprit PME |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 5 2001 |
59 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Jean Jacques | Gautier | |||||||||
| 42 | Scott | Gilchrist | GB | Carphone Warehouse |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 6 2001 |
60 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Peter | Moore | |||||||||
| 43 | Pedro | Ripol | Spain | Project Martha 2 |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 8 2001 |
61 day |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Francisco | Korff | |||||||||
| 44 | Kerry | Blandin | GB | Blandin Spirit of Jersey |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 8 2001 |
62 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Paul | Perchard | |||||||||
| 45 | Tim | Humfrey | GB | Keltec Challenger |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 9 2001 |
63 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Jo | Lumsdon | |||||||||
| 46 | Dominic | Marsh | GB | Onward Atlantic |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 9 2001 |
63 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Gary | Fooks | |||||||||
| 47 | Julian | McHardy | GB | McLlaid |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 10 2001 |
63 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Mark | Williams | |||||||||
| 48 | Dominic | Comonte | GB | Team Nutri-Grain |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 10 2001 |
64 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Crispin | Comonte | |||||||||
| 49 | Benjamin | Marty | France | La Gironde |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 10 2001 |
64 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Olivier | Villian | |||||||||
| 50 | Alistair | Smee | GB | Linda |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 15 2001 |
69 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Chris | Marett | |||||||||
| 51 | Steve | Dawson | GB | Mrs D |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 16 2001 |
70 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Mick | Dawson | |||||||||
| 52 | Dugald | Macdonald | South Africa/ Australia | Brunetto |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 18 2001 |
71 day |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| David | Mitchell | |||||||||
| 53 | Denis | Bribosia |
Belgium / France |
Embarquons les Droits de l'Homme |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 18 2001 |
72
days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Gregory | Loret | |||||||||
| 54 | Graham | Walters | GB | George Geary |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 24 2001 |
77 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Michael | Ryan | |||||||||
| 55 | Damian | West | GB | 43º West |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 26 2001 |
79 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Alex | Hinton | |||||||||
| 56 | Xabier | Agote | Spain | Euskadi |
~3000 |
October 22 2001 |
December 30 2001 |
81 day |
El Hierro, Canaries, Spain | Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Urko | Mendiburu | |||||||||
| 57 | Ian | Chater | GB | This Way Up |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
December 31 2001 |
84 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Tony | Day | |||||||||
| 58 | Niclas | Mardfelt | Sweden | Uppsala.com |
>3000 |
October 7 2001 |
January 10 2002 |
95
days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Rune | Larsson | |||||||||
| 59 | Malcolm | Atkinson | GB | Kaos |
~3000 |
October 7 2001 |
January 23 2002 |
108 days |
Playa
San Juan Tenerife, Canaries, Spain |
Port
St. Charles, Barbados |
| Ben | Martell | |||||||||
| 60 | Andrew | Veal | GB |