ocean rowing

Kenneth Frank Crutchlow

the Founder and the President
of the The Ocean Rowing Society Int. 1983-2016

(Bio)

March 18, 1944 - January 17, 2016

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NOTICE BOARD

News / Recent additions to the website:

• Lee Spencer stopped over in Gran Canaria for repairs

• Ralph Tuijn is now at sea

Attention of all those who are going to row an ocean!

Due to the reorganization in our work, there are changes in registration of intended rows
and the ORS Int. services. Please read the details >>>

• Please be aware that the ORS Int. e-mail address oceanrowing@btinternet.com is no longer in use, use oceanrowing@gmail.com only

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BELOW ON THIS PAGE

Arrivals:		TWAC 2018: (to follow soon)
Now at Sea	*Jacob Adoram* *John Wilson & Ricky Reina* *Fedor Konyukhov* Christophe Papillon	Richard Allen TWAC 2018 Dawn Wood Lee Frank Spencer	Ralph Tuijn
Returned / Rescued / Suspended : *(view in the archive)*
On Standby :
Calendar of ocean rows in 2019 ● 2020

RETURNED / RESCUED / SUSPENDED

ARRIVALS

ON STANDBY

NOW AT SEA

Ralph Tuijn (Netherlands)

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is rowing the Atlantic E-W solo from Europe to South America, from Portimão, Portugal to Cayenne, French-Guyana.
Left Portimao, Portugal on January 21, 2019 at 11:00UTC

Rows from Europe

Rows to South America

Lee Frank Spencer (UK)

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former Royal Marines Commando and Guinness World Record holding ocean rower is rowing the Atlantic E-W solo from Portimao, Portugal to French Guyana to become the first physically disabled person to row any ocean solo from Europe to South America, from continent to continent
Left Portimao, Portugal on January 9, 2019 at 12:00UTC Stopped over for repairs in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria on Jan 22, 2019 at 12:40UTC

Ocean Rows By Physically Disabled	Rows from Europe
	Age of Ocean Rowers on Route from Europe

Dawn Wood (UK)

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is rowing solo across the Atlantic E-W from Gran Canaria to Barbados on board True Blue in an attempt to break the World speed record for an open class female solo , set by Kiko Matthews (2018) - 49days 7hrs 15min, av.speed 2.2 knts
Left Pacito Blanco, Gran Canaria on January 5, 2019 at 9:02UTC

Atlantic TW1 Solo Rows	Ocean Rows by Women
Solo Rower's Age	Ocean Solo Rows by Women

Richard Allen (UK/Commonwealth)

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is rowing the Atlantic E-W on TW II solo from Freetown, Sierra Leone to Georgetown, Guyana on board Rannoch R25 boat Tamu’kke.
Left Freetown, Sierra Leone at 19:08UTC on December 13, 2018


	An annual race across the Atlantic E - W
	La Gomera, Canary Islands - Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda
	Organized by Atlantic Campaigns
	Started on December 12, 201818
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Christophe Papillon (France)

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is rowing solo across the Atlantic E-W from El Hierro, Canary Islands to Martinique.

Left El Hierro on December 9, 2018 at 8:30UTC (t.b.c.)

Atlantic E-W Solo Rows Rows from La Palma and El Hierro

Rows to Martinique

Fedor Konyukhov (Russia)

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is rowing solo the South Pacific W-E from New Zealand to Cape Horn (the first stage of the planned three phases of the Around-The-World Row) on board Akros, purpose-designed by Phil Morrison and built by Rannoch Adventure.

Left Port Chalmers, South Island, NZ on December 6, 2018 at 7:08UTC (20:08 local time)

Ocean Rows from/to Australia & New Zealand Definition of Around The World W-E Row

John Wilson & Ricky Reina (UK)

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The Atlantic Avengers are rowing the Atlantic east to west from Europe following the 2nd voyage of Columbus from Cadiz to Antigua and hoping to complete this in record time, weather depending!.
Departed Cadiz, Spain on November 27, 2018 at 7:23UTC

Rows from Europe

Age of rowers on route
Europe - South America & Caribbean Islands

Jacob Adoram (USA)

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is rowing solo across the Pacific E-W in a purpose built ocean rowboat Emerson from Washington State to Northeast Australia.
Started from Neah Bay, WA. USA on July 7, 2018 at 19:30GMT

Pacific Ocean Rows

Calendar of ocean rows in 2019


		Alex Simpson & Jamie Gordon (UK)
are going to row the Atlantic E-W as a team Hyperion Atlantic Challenge from Gran Canaria to Barbados on board their open class rowboat Storm Adventures. The departure is scheduled for the end of January 2019 ● Homepage


	Lia Ditton (UK)		*Charlie Martell (GB)*
is preparing to row the North Pacific E-W from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco, USA. The departure is scheduled for March 2019 ● FB page >>>		is going to undertake another attempt to row across the Pacific W-E solo, from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco on board Blossom The departure is planned for April 2019 ● Homepage >>>

t.b.a.

Ralph Tuijn, skipper (Dutch), Niklas Persson & Therese Lundgren (both Sweden), Balaji Bellary (India), 5th TBA

are going to row the Atantic E-W from Europe to South America, from Portimão, Portugal to Cayenne, French-Guyana.
The departure is scheduled for April 1st 2019

FB pages: Ralph> Niklas > Therese> Balaji>

							Neil Blackeby, Daryl Farmer, Sean McGuigon, Andy Warner, Stephen Murphy (all UK) & Mike Matson (USA)
are going to row The Atlantic W-E from New York to mainland UK. The departure is planned for late Spring 2019

	An annual race across the Atlantic E - W
	La Gomera, Canary Islands - Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda
	Organized by Atlantic Campaigns
	Starts on December 201918
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				*Olly Hicks (GB)*
			is preparing to circumnavigate the Southern Hemisphere W - E solo. The Global Row voyage encompasses all of the world's major Oceans, covering over 18,000 nautical miles, and will take approximately 18-22 months The departure is planned for December 2019

Calendar of ocean rows in 2020

	Non-stop endurance rowing race around Britain’s coast
	2,000 miles
	From Tower Bridge to Tower Bridge
	Starts on June 1st, 2020

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