Created in 1997
Last update February 21 2008
Chronological Listing of All Ocean Rows
compiled by Oceanrowing.com

Oceanrowing.com gratefully acknowledges 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, without GPS, EPIRB,s 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 without a parachute..." .
ORS considers that the first 12 rows are "Historic oceanrows".
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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 rows".

 

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H i s t o  r i c    O c e a n r o w s

Ocean Rows 1 through 10 (Departures from June 6 1896 to January 12 1971)

INDEPENDENT ROWS OCEAN ROWED FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
1 Atlantic W to E (double) George Harboe Norway Fox 3250 06/06/1896 01/08/1896 60 days
hours		 New York, NY (USA) Scilly Isles (UK) 55 days then to Le Havre (France) in 5 days
Gabriel Samuelsen
2 Atlantic W to E (double) David Johnstone UK Puffin 1432 21/05/66 03/09/66 105 days - last log entry Virginia Beach, VA (USA) --- (Lost at Sea)
John Hoare
3 Atlantic W to E (double) John Ridgway UK English Rose III 2485 04/06/66 03/09/66 91 days
hours		 Orleans, Cape Cod (USA) Aran Isles (Ireland)
Chay Blyth
4 Atlantic E to W (solo) John Fairfax UK Britannia 4342 20/01/69 19/07/69 180 days
hours		 San Agustin (Canaria) Hollywood Beach, FL (USA)
5 Atlantic W to E (solo) Tom McClean UK Super Silver 1680 17/05/69 27/07/69 71 days
hours		 St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Blacksod Bay (Ireland)
6 Atlantic E to W (solo) Sidney Genders UK Khaggavisana 120 28/05/69 15/06/69 18 days
hours		 Fort Wrath (Scotland) --- (Incomplete)
7 Atlantic E to W (solo) Sidney Genders UK Khaggavisana 1700 11/09/69 18/11/69 68 days
hours		 Sennen Cove (UK) Via Las Palmas (Canaria)
3038 25/12/69 08/03/70 73 days
8 hours		 Via Las Palmas (Canaria) Via English Harbour, Antigua (West Indiies)
1330

25 days
hours		 Via English Harbour, Antigua (West Indies) Handover Marina, Miami, FL (USA)
8 Atlantic E to W (solo) Arthur Hornby UK Yorkshire Rose
16/03/70 20/03/70 3 days
hours		 ? --- (Incomplete)
9 Indian E to W (solo) Anders Svedlund Sweden Roslagena 130 15/09/70 19/09/70 3 days
hours		 Perth (Australia) --- (Incomplete)
10 Atlantic E to W (double) Don Allum UK QE3 2730 12/01/71 26/03/71 74 days
hours		 Las Palmas (Grand Canaria) Barbados (West Indies)
Geoff Allum

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Ocean Rows 11 through 26 (Departures from April 21 1971 to July 14 1976)

INDEP. ROWS OCEAN ROWED FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
11 Indian E to W (solo) Anders Svedlund Sweden Roslagena 4313 21/04/71 23/06/71 64 days
hours		 Kalbarri (Western Australia) 

A beach of Ankirikiriky, near Diego Suarez, Madagascar
12 Pacific E to W (double) John Fairfax UK Britannia II
10/04/71 10/04/71 0 days
hours		 San Francisco, CA (USA) --- (Incomplete)
Sylvia Cook
13 Pacific E to W (double) John Fairfax UK Britannia II
15/04/71 15/04/71 0 days
hours		 San Francisco, CA (USA) --- (Incomplete)
Sylvia Cook
14 Pacific E to W (double) John Fairfax UK Britannia II
20/04/71 20/04/71 0 days
hours		 San Francisco, CA (USA) --- (Incomplete)
Sylvia Cook
15 Pacific E to W (double) John Fairfax UK Britannia II 6000 26/04/71 22/04/72 361 days
hours		 San Francisco, CA (USA) Australia
Sylvia Cook
16 Pacific W to E (solo) Arthur Hornby UK Yorkshire Rose 170 1972 1972 30 days Kamaishi, Japan --- Incomplete
17 Atlantic W to E (double) Don Allum UK QE3 1000 05/06/72 19/08/72 76 days St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Incomplete)
Geoff Allum 150 11/06/72 5 days Geoff rescued due to injury
18 Pacific E to W (double) Partick  Quesnel US Hawaiiki 230 18/05/72 25/05/72 7 days La Push, Washington State --- (Incomplete)
Depoe Bay, Oregon
Peter Doorish
19 Pacific E to W
(double)		 Patrick  Quesnel US Hawaiiki 790 02/06/72 02/07/72 31 days Depoe Bay, Oregon --- (Incomplete)
San Francisco, California
Peter  Doorish
20 Pacific E to W
(double)		 Patrick  Quesnel US Hawaiiki 150 28/08/72 03/09/72 6 days San Francisco --- (Incomplete)
Half Moon Bay, Cailifornia
Steve  Ewbanks
21 Pacific E to W
(double)		 Patrick  Quesnel US Hawaiiki 1400  03/10/72 04/01/73 93 days Half Mooon Bay, California --- (Incomplete)
rescued by Coast Guard and taken to Seatle
John  Martineau 130 08/10/72 5 days
22 Mid-Pacific E to W (solo) Anders Svedlund Sweden Waka Moana 6462 27/02/74 06/09/74 191 days Huasco (Chile) Apia, West Samoa via Papeete, Tahiti
25 Atlantic E to W (double) Derek King UK Britannia II 3545 24/03/74 10/08/74 93 days
7 hours		 Gibraltar Vieux Fort, St. Lucia (West Indies) via Casablanca (Morocco)
Peter Bird
Carol Maystone 150 24/03/74 04/04/74 10 days Gibraltar Casablanca (Morocco)
Left voyage
26 Mid-Pacific E to W (solo) Patrick Quesnel USA Hawaiiki 3400 14/07/76 02/11/76 111 days La Push, Washington State (USA) arrived in Hawaii, his stated destination

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Ocean Rows 27 through 36 (Departures from July 13 1978 to June 9 1984)

INDEP ROWS OCEAN ROWED FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
27 Pacific E to W (solo) Patrick Satterlee USA Britannia II 3 13/07/78 13/07/78 1 days
hours		 San Diego, CA (USA) --- (Incomplete)
28 Atlantic W to E (solo) Kenneth Kerr UK Bass Conqueror
01/05/79 26/06/79 58 days
hours		 St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Incomplete)
29 Atlantic W to E (solo) Kenneth Kerr UK Bass Conqueror 2100 21/05/80 after16/09/80 119? days
hours		 Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Lost at Sea)
30 Atlantic W to E (solo) Andrew Wilson UK Nautica
25/06/80

St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) --- (Lost at Sea)
31 Atlantic W to E (solo) Gerard d'Aborville France Captaine Cook 2735 10/07/80 20/09/80 71 days
23hours		 Chatham, Mass. (USA) Lizard Meridian (his stated goal)
32 Mid-Pacific E to W (solo) Peter Bird UK Britannia II 3400 01/10/80 26/02/81 147 days
hours		 San Francisco, CA (USA) --- via San Quinten (Mexico)
Maui, Hawaii (USA)
33 Atlantic E to W (double) Curtis Saville USA Excalibur 3618 18/03/81 10/06/81 89 days
hours		 Casablanca (Morocco) via Hierro (Canaria)
English Harbour, Antigua (West Indies)
Kathleen Saville

M o d e r n     D a y    O c e a n r o w s

34 Pacific E to W (solo) Peter Bird UK Hele-on-Britannia 6000 23/08/82 14/06/83 294 days
hours		 San Francisco, CA (USA) Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
35 Atlantic E to W (solo) Hugh King-Fretts UK Hulu 2733 30/01/84
10.00GMT		 08/05/84
14.00GMT		 99 days
4hours		 Los Christianos
(Tenerife Canary Islands)		 Concept Bay
(Barbados,West Indies)
36 Atlantic E to W (solo) Amyr Khan Klink Brazil I.A.T. 3575 09/06/84 18/09/84 101 days
hours		 Luderitz Bay (Namibia) Praia de Espera (Brazil)

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Ocean Rows 37 through 45 (Departures from July 4 1984 to June 21 1987)

INDEP. ROWS IN A RACE OCEAN ROWED FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
37   Pacific E to W (double) Curtis Saville USA Excalibur 4000 04/07/84 21/08/85 189 days
hours		 Calleo (Peru) via Galapagos Islands
via Marquises Islands
Cairns (Australia)
Kathleen Saville
38   Atlantic E to W (double) Sean Crowley UK In Finnegans Wake 3130 30/01/86 14/04/86 73 days
hours		 Pacito Blanco (Canaria) Georgetown (Guyana)
Mike Nestor
39   Atlantic E to W (solo) Don Allum UK QE3 3080 30/01/86 23/05/86 114 days
hours		 Pasito Blanco (Canaria) Nevis (West Indies)
40   Atlantic E to W (solo) Geoff Cooper UK My Annette
27/08/86

? --- (Incomplete)
41   Atlantic E to W (solo) Geoff Cooper UK Water Rat



? --- (Incomplete)
42   Atlantic W to E (solo) Modern Day Fastest crossing from Canada Tom McClean UK Skoll 1080 1732 16/06/87 10/08/87 55 days
hours		 St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Bishops Light (Ireland)
43   Atlantic W to E (solo) Guy Lemonier France Jacquet Enterprises 30 16/06/87 17/06/87 1 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
44   Atlantic W to E (solo) Guy Lemonier France Jacquet Enterprises
21/06/87 21/08/87 57 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
45   Atlantic W to E (solo) Don Allum UK QE3 1720 21/06/87 05/09/87 76 days
hours		 St. Johns, Newfoundland (Canada) Achill Island (Ireland)

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Ocean Rows 46 through 56 (Departures from June 17 1988 to June 13 1995)

INDEP.
ROWS		 IN A RACE OCEAN ROWED FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
46   Atlantic W to E (solo) Sean Crowley UK Finn Again 2160 17/06/88 21/09/88 92 days
hours		 Halifax (Canada) Galway (Ireland)
47   Atlantic W to E (solo) Frederic Guerin France Ramereve 1600 27/06/91 22/09/91 87 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
48   Pacific W to E (solo) Gerard d'Aborville France Sector 6200 11/07/91
08.00GMT		 21/11/91
20.15GMT		 134 days
12h15min		 Choshi (Japan) Ilawaco, Washinton State (USA)
49   Atlantic E to W (team) Gerard Seibel France La Mondiale 2800 25/03/92 29/04/92 35 days
8 h 30 min		 Santa-Crus-de-la-Palma (Canaria) Martinique (West Indies)

and 10 friends
50   Pacific W to E (solo) Peter Bird UK Sector Two 570 06/06/92 25/06/92 19 days
hours		 Vladivostok (Russia) --- (Incomplete)
 51   Arctic N to S (double) Eugene Smurgis Russia Max-4 3510 20/07/92 01/09/93 131 days
hours		 Tiksi (Russia) London (England)
Alexander Smurgis
52   Atlantic E to W (solo) Eugene Smurgis Russia Max-4 755 29/09/93 19/11/93 52 days
hours		 London (England) --- (Lost at Sea)
53   Pacific W to E (solo) Peter Bird UK Sector Two 6300 12/05/93 12/03/94 304 days
hours		 Vladivostok (Russia) --- (Incomplete)
54   Atlantic W to E (solo) 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"
55   Pacific W to E (solo) Peter Bird UK Sector Two 30 12/06/95 13/06/95 1 days
hours		 Nakhodka (Russia) --- (Incomplete)
56   Atlantic W to E (solo) 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)

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Ocean Rows 57 through 64 (Departures from June 14 1995 to April 28 1997)

INDEP.
ROWS		 IN A RACE OCEAN ROWED FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
57   Pacific W to E (solo) Peter Bird UK Sector Two 30 14/06/95 15/06/95 1 days
hours		 Nakhodka (Russia) --- (Incomplete)
58   Atlantic W to E (solo) Jean Lukes France Luxior Assurances
24/06/95 27/06/95 3 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
59   Atlantic W to E (solo) Jean Lukes France Luxior Assurances 55 03/07/95 06/07/95 3 days
hours		 Cape Cod, Mass. (USA) --- (Incomplete)
60   Atlantic E to W (solo) Roger Montandon

Switzerland

 Exodus

2760

23/02/96

   22/04/96

59 days

Pasito Blanco(Las Palmas, Canary Islands) Jipioca Island
(Amapá, Brazil)
61   Pacific W to E (solo) Peter Bird UK Sector Two 1400 27/03/96 03/06/96 69 days
hours		 Nakhodka (Russia) --- (Lost at Sea)
62   Pacific E to W (solo) Mick Bird USA Reach 250 04/08/96 14/08/96 10 days
hours		 Monterey, CA (USA) Ventura (California)
(Incomplete)
63   Atlantic E to W (solo) Andrew Halsey UK Brittany Rose 2800 28/04/97 23/08/97 116 days
21 hours		 Santa Cruz (Canaria) St. Lucia (West Indies)
64   Pacific E to W (solo) Mick Bird USA Reach 2600 19/08/97 23/10/97 64 days
hours		 Fort Bragg, CA (USA) Kauna, Hawaii (USA)
1800 19/07/98 28/09/98 65 days
hours		 Kauna, Hawaii (USA) Majoro Atoll (Marshall Islands)
1100 18/05/99 23/06/99 36 days
hours		 Majoro Atoll (Marshall Islands) Solomon Islands
1200 11/07/99 01/08/99 21 days
hours		 Solomon Islands Cairns (Australia)

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Ocean Rows 65 through 77 (Departures October 12 1997 , continued)

INDEP.
 ROWS		 IN A RACE OCEAN ROWED FIRST NAME SURNAME COUNTRY BOAT MILES DEPART ARRIVAL DAYS AT SEA FROM TO
  65 Atlantic E to W (double) Rob Hamill New Zealand Kiwi Challenge 2753 12/10/97 22/11/97

41 days
2 hours
55 min

 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Phil Stubbs
  66 Atlantic E to W (double) Pascal Blond France Atlantic Challenge 2906 12/10/97 30/11/97 49 days
7 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Joseph Le Guen
  67 Atlantic E to W (double) David Rice UK Hannah Snell 2931 12/10/97 06/12/97 55 days
3 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Nadia Rice
  68 Atlantic E to W (double) Ian Blandin UK Spirit of Jersey 2933 12/10/97 08/12/97 57 days
12 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Rob Cassin
  69 Atlantic E to W (double) Eamonn Kavanagh Ireland Christina 2847 12/10/97 09/12/97 58 days
4 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Peter Kavanagh
  70 Atlantic E to W (double) Steve Issacs UK Toc H Phoenix 2875 12/10/97 09/12/97 58 days
11 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Mark Stubbs
  71 Atlantic E to W (double) Peter Hogden UK Hospiscare 2939 12/10/97 09/12/97 58 days
12 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Neil Hitt
  72 Atlantic E to W (double) John Searson UK Commodore Shipping 3046 12/10/97 11/12/97 59 days
12 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Carl Clinton 250 19/10/97 7 days
hours		 --- (Incomplete)
Airlifted off after a week
  73 Atlantic E to W (double) Wayne Callahan UK Ryvita 2893 12/10/97 11/12/97 60 days
5 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Tim Welford
  74 Atlantic E to W (double) Steven Lee UK Kielder Atlantic Warrior 2829 12/10/97 12/12/97 61 days
2 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
John Bryant
  75 Atlantic E to W (double) Danniel Innes UK Golden Fleece 2861 12/10/97 12/12/97 61 days
3 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Peter Lowe
  76 Atlantic E to W (double) Graham Walters UK George Geary 2948 12/10/97 13/12/97 62 days
4 hours		 Los Gigantes, Tenerife (Canaria) Port St. Charles,
Barbados
Keith Mason-Moore
  77 Atlantic E to W (double) Duncan Nicoll