The Rower

 born on April 18th 1977 in Lviv, Ukraine
Education: Lviv State University, geological department.

Working experience: geological expeditions in the mountains of the Pamirs and  Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine.

Started to dream about rowing ocean in 2001, when his brother Theodore Rezvoy rowed the Atlantic East-West ; and  when in 2004 Dmitry was helping his father Pavel Rezvoy in the preparations for his row across the Atlantic and the Caribbean: (La Gomera - Barbados - Cuba - Jamaica)

Webmaster and photographer of the Ocean Rowing Society since January 2004 (the start of ORSARR 2004)

The Route

An East to West solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean
From Canary Islands ( La Gomera, where Columbus departed from)  to West Indies (Antigua).
The distance (as crow flies) - 2934 miles (4722 km) (2550n/m) more details >>>

The Ocean Rowboat

The boat (to be named) made of marine plywood coated with epoxy resin. The boat is 23 feet long, 6 feet wide and weights approximately 2000 pounds laden.
Designed by Phil Morrison and Peter Rowsell of Exmouth,  for the first Port St. Charles 
Trans-Atlantic Rowing race of 1997 
Boat is designed to be self-righting pictures>>>

Statistics of similar crossings

Atlantic Ocean East-West Solo rows... more details >>>