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              Last update Sept 2nd 2008

W O M E N — O C E A N R O W E R S

ROWS IN PROGRESS - 0
Women at sea - 0


 

ROWS COMPLETED

GB - 18 USA - 6 FR - 6 NZ - 2 CANADA - 2 HUNGARY - 1 AUSTRALIA-1

 

No Ocean 1st Name Surname Country Solo/Double Boat Miles Depart Arrival Days From To
1 Pacific E-W Sylvia Cook GB Double with
John Fairfax
Britannia II 8041 April 26 1971 April 22 1972 361 San Francisco 
California (USA)
37:47:36N 
122:33:17W
via Ensanada Mexico
&Washington island
& Fanning Island
 (Line Island)
& Onotoa Gilbert Islands
to Hayman Island (Australia)
2 Atlantic E-W Kathleen Saville USA Double with
 Curtis Saville
Excalibur 2800 March 18 1981 June 10 1981 89 Casablanca
(Morocco)
via Hierro
Canary Islands
English Harbour
 Antigua
(West Indies)
3 Pacific E-W Kathleen Saville USA Double with
 Curtis Saville
Excalibur
Pacific
9673 July 04 1984 July 31 1985 189 Callao (Peru) via Galapagos
&Pago Pago
&Marquesis
&New Hebrides
to Cairns (Australia)
4 Atlantic E-W Nadia Rice GB Double with
David Rice
Hannah Snell 2931 October 12 1997 December 06 1997 55d 
2hr
Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Barbados
(West Indies)
5 Atlantic E-W Isabel Fraser GB Double with
Richard 
Duckworth
Stylus Mistral Endeavour 3058 October 12 1997 January 04 1998 84d 
1hr
Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Barbados
(West Indies)
6 Atlantic E-W Jan Meek GB Double with 
Daniel Byles
Carpe Diem 3044 October 12 1997 January 21 1998 100d
18hr
Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Barbados
(West Indies)
7 Atlantic E-W Tori Murden USA solo Sector No Limits 
American Pearl
3333 September 13 1999 December 03 1999 81d 
7hr
Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Guadelupe
(West Indies)
8 Atlantic E-W Diana Hoff GB solo Star Atlantic ll 3025 September 13 1999 January 05 2000 113 Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Barbados
(West Indies)
9 Atlantic E-W Peggy Bouchet France solo SFR
(aka Sector No Limits)
2524 November 18 1999 January 05 2000 47d 20h San Pedro 
Light house
San Vicente
Cape Verde
Martinique
(West Indies)
10 Atlantic E-W Stephanie Brown New Zealand double Telecom 
Challenge 25
~3000 October 10 2001 November 26 2001 50d
7h
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Barbados
(West Indies)
Jude Ellis
11 Atlantic E-W Debra Veal GB Double with
Andrew Veal (retired 
after 14 days)
Troika
Transatlantic
~3000 October 10 2001 January 26 2002 111d
(98d alone)
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Barbados
(West Indies)
12 Atlantic E-W Jenny Jardine USA Double with
Ray Jardine
Caper 2907 November 07 2002 December 30 2002 53 d
10h 46m
St. Sebastian, 
La Gomera, Canaries
Pt. St. Charles, Barbados
(West Indies)
13 Atlantic E-W Anne Quéméré France solo Le Connetable 3099 December 26 2002 February 21 2003 56 d
13h 09m
St. Sebastian, 
La Gomera, Canaries
Guadeloupe
(West Indies)
14 Atlantic W-E Maud Fontenoy France solo Pilot 4038 June 13 2003 October 9 2003 117 d
14h 10m
St Pierre et Miquelon (off Newfoundland) La Coruna, Spain
15

Atlantic E-W

Faye Langham

GB

Double with Andy Giles

Bluebell

~3000 

October 19 2003 December 17 2003 18.40GMT 59days 8 h 40 min

St. Sebastian, 
La Gomera, Canaries

Port St. Charles,
Barbados

16 Atlantic E-W Sally Kettle

GB

double

Calderdale Yorkshire Challenger

~3000

January 20 2004

May 5 2004 02:28GMT

105d 16h 28min

St. Sebastian, 
La Gomera, Canaries

Port St. Charles,
Barbados

Sarah Kettle
17 Atlantic W-E Anne Quemere

France

solo

Le Connetable

4065

June 3 2004

August 30 2004

87d 12h 15min

Chatham, Cape Cod, USA

Lizard Meridian (her stated goal)

18

Mid-Pacific E-W

Maud Fontenoy

France

solo

OCÉOR  (formerly PILOT)

4217

January 12 2005

March 26 2005

72 days

Callao, Lima Peru

Hiva 'Oa, Marquesas Islands

19 Atlantic E-W and Carribean Julie Wafaei Canada Double with Colin Angus Ondine 6111 Sept 23 2005 February 24 2006 118 + 23 days Lisbon, Portugal via St Lucia to
Limon, Costa Rica
20 Atlantic E-W Liz  O'Keeffe

GB

Double with Richard  Mayon-White Row 4 Cancer

~3000

Nov 30 2005

January 30 2006

60d 18h 56 min

San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain)

Antigua

21 Atlantic E-W Paula Evemy

Guernsey, GB

Four

Mission Atlantic

~3000

Nov 30 2005

 February 05 2006

67d 07h  20 min

San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain)

Antigua

Kathy  Tracey
Sarah Day
Lois  Rawlins-Duquemin
22 Atlantic E-W Rebecca Thorpe GB Double Marion
 Making Waves
~3000 Nov 30 2005

February 13 2006

75 days 11h

San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain)

Antigua

Stephanie Temperton
23 Atlantic E-W Sally Kettle GB Four Shelterbox
( Rowgirls)
~3000 Nov 30 2005 February 15 2006 77 days + (time to be defined) San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain) Antigua
Claire Mills
Sue  McMillan
Jo Davies 1520 January 14 2006 45 days

rescued due to health problem

24 Atlantic E-W Victoria Holmes Canada Double with Paul Gleeson Christina ~3000 Nov 30 2005 February 23 2006 84 days 23h 9min San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain) Antigua
25 Atlantic E to W Roz Savage GB solo Sedna Solo ~3000 Nov 30 2005 March 13 2006 103 5h 43min San Sebastian
La Gomera (Spain)

Antigua

26 Atlantic E to W Sophie Macé France solo LE KOONAK ~ Nov 19 2006 January 7 2007 48 days 22h 58min Saint Louis, Senegal

Saint Laurent,  French Guyana

27 Atlantic E to W Andrea Pálos Hungary Double with Gábor Rakonczai  Tüzhangya 4144 Nov 27 2006 December 23 2006 26 d 07h 30 min Rota, Spain

Gran Canaria via Morocco and Lanzarote

January 09 2007 March 1 2007 51d 06h 10min Pacito Blanco, Gran Canaria Antigua
28 Atlantic E to W Emily Kohl USA Four UnFinished Business ~3000 December 2 2007 12:00GMT January 23 2008 04:31GMT 51 days 16h
31 min
San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain) Antigua
Sarah Kessans USA
Tara Remington NZ
Jo Davies GB
29 Atlantic E to W Angela Madsen USA Double with Franck Festor Row of Life ~3000 December 2 2007 12:00GMT February 7 2008 66 days
23h 24min
San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain) Antigua
30 Atlantic E to W Catherine Allaway GB Double Atlantic Jack ~3000 December 2 2007 12:00GMT February 13 2008 73 days 5h 14min San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain) Antigua
Margaret Bowling Australia
31 Atlantic E to W Clair Desborough GB Four 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
32 Atlantic E to W Linda Griesel GB Double Barbara Ivy ~3000 December 2 2007 12:00GMT February 16 2008 76 days 11h 12min San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain) Antigua
Rachel Smith
33 Atlantic E to W Elin Haf Davies GB Double  Dream Maker ~3000 December 2 2007 12:00GMT February 17 2008 77 days 7h 37min San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain) Antigua
Herdip Sidhu
34 Mid-Pacific E to W Roz Savage GB Solo  Brocade 2387 May 25 2008 September 1 2008 99 days
8h 55min
San Francisco, USA Honolulu, Hawaii

 

Editors note. There have been 46 women to row an ocean successfully. Kathleen Saville (US), Maud Fontenoy (France) and Roz Savage (GB) rowed 2 oceans,
 Anne Quemere (France) and Sally Kettle (GB) rowed an ocean twice,
This makes for a total of 34 rows - 4 four, 20 double and 10 solo rows.


ROWS INCOMPLETE

GB - 7 USA - 5 FR - 3   NORWAY - 1 NZ - 1

 

No Ocean 1st Name Surname Country Solo/Double Boat Miles Depart Arrival Days From
1 Pacific E-W Sylvia Cook GB Double with
John Fairfax
Britannia II -- April 10 1971 April 10 1971 0 San Francisco 
California (USA)
2 Pacific E-W Sylvia Cook GB Double with
John Fairfax
Britannia II -- April 15 1971 April 15 1971 0 San Francisco 
California (USA)
3 Pacific E-W Sylvia Cook GB Double with
John Fairfax
Britannia II -- April 20 1971 April 20 1971 0 San Francisco 
California (USA)
4 Atlantic E-W Carol Maystone GB team of three 
with Peter Bird 
& Derek King
Britannia II 150 March  24 1974 April 04 1974 10 Gibraltar
5 Atlantic E-W Louise Graff USA Double   American Pearl 29 October 12 1997 October 13 1997 1 Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Tori Murden
6 Atlantic E-W Marie Christine Meunier France Double with 
Jean Marc
Meunier
La Baleine 510 October 12 1997 October 29 1997 17 Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
7 Atlantic E-W Louise Graff USA double   American Pearl 60 October 22 1997 October 24 1997 2 Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
Tori Murden
8 Atlantic W-E Tori Murden USA solo Sector No Limits 
American Pearl
3050 June 14 1998 September 07 1998 85 Nag's Head 
North Carolina
 USA
9 Atlantic E-W Peggy Bouchet France solo Sector No Limits 3000 March 10 1998 May 28 1998 79 Port De Morgan 
(Gran Canaria)
10 Atlantic E-W Elisabeth Hoff Norway solo Star Atlantic 420 February 17 1999 February 27 1999 10 Los Gigantes
Tenerife 
Canary Islands
11 Atlantic W-E Colleen Cronin USA Double with
Roy Finlay (GB)
Celtic Crossing 250 July 28 2000 August 24 2000 26 St. Johns, 
Newfoundland (Canada)
12 Atlantic E-W Anne Quéméré France solo Connetable 354

December 5 2002

December 13 2002

8days 15h
29min
San Sebastian,
La Gomera, Spain
13 Atlantic E-W Sally Kettle GB Double with Marcus Thompson Calderdale:The Yorkshire Challenger -

October 19 2003

October 24 2003

about 5days San Sebastian,
La Gomera, Spain
14 Atlantic E-W Jo Davies GB Four Shelterbox/
"Rowgirls"
1520 Nov 30 2005 January 14 2006 45 San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain)
15 Atlantic E-W Tara Remington NZ Double with Iain Rudkin Team Sun Latte   Nov 30 2005 January 15 2006 46 San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain)
16 Atlantic E-W Sarah Kessans USA Double American Fire Atlantic Challenge 1700 Nov 30 2005 January 15 2006 46 San Sebastian, La Gomera (Spain)
Emily Kohl
17 Pacific E-W Roz Savage GB Solo Brocade 193 Aug 12 2007 Aug 24 2007 11 Crescent City, CA. USA

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