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# Nationality Male Female Total C I
Total 1682 337 2019 1911 675
United Kingdom 980 193 1173 1118 340
United States 134 34 168 147 69
France 127 19 146 143 69
Ireland 59 9 68 54 31
Australia 37 10 47 37 17
Netherlands 26 13 39 51 10
South Africa 32 3 35 32 10
Switzerland 23 8 31 32 2
Canada 23 7 30 22 18
New Zealand 23 4 27 29 9
Denmark 18 6 24 31 4
Norway 16 6 22 22 2
Germany 13 8 21 16 7
Belgium 20 0 20 14 7
Spain 18 1 19 16 4
Antigua And Barbuda 11 5 16 19 0
Sweden 12 2 14 13 7
Russia 13 0 13 10 10
Guyana 9 0 9 10 3
China 3 4 7 8 5
Hungary 5 1 6 6 3
Romania 5 0 5 4 1
Iceland 5 0 5 7 4
Poland 5 0 5 6 1
Brazil 4 1 5 2 1
Finland 4 0 4 3 1
Austria 2 2 4 5 1
Faroe Islands 4 0 4 3 3
Italy 3 0 3 3 2
Portugal 3 0 3 2 3
Ukraine 3 0 3 4 2
United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 2 1
Egypt 2 0 2 0 2
Croatia 2 0 2 2 2
Bulgaria 2 0 2 3 0
Japan 2 0 2 2 1
French Guiana 2 0 2 3 0
Latvia 2 0 2 4 1
Bahrain 2 0 2 0 2
India 2 0 2 2 2
Malta 2 0 2 2 0
Gibraltar 2 0 2 0 3
Lithuania 2 0 2 2 2
Barbados 2 0 2 3 0
Zimbabwe 2 0 2 1 1
Turkey 1 0 1 6 5
Greece 1 0 1 1 0
Serbia 1 0 1 1 0
Uruguay 0 1 1 1 0
Argentina 1 0 1 0 2
Hong Kong 1 0 1 0 1
Guatemala 1 0 1 1 0
Georgia 1 0 1 1 0
Kyrgyzstan 1 0 1 0 4
Mexico 1 0 1 1 0
Korea 1 0 1 1 0
Lebanon 1 0 1 1 0
Slovenia 1 0 1 1 0
Oman 1 0 1 1 0

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Name Lastname
Nationality / Gender / Number
Birthday Total days at sea Total distance [NM] Amount of oceans rowed / map Amount of ocean rows / vessels
Matthew Ponsonby Matthew Ponsonby UK / M / 1673 1965-01-27
Expedition Number Status Race / Ind Depart Arrival From To Duration Distance
[NM]		 Avg. S
[kt] 		Age at
start
1161
C
 I 22 Jun 2023 14:00 29 Jul 2023 00:00 St. John’s (CA) Dingle (IE) 36d 10h 0m 1641 1.88 58y 146d
Links: https://instagram.com/mattandgiles?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ;
36
 1641 1
1
Robert Barton Robert Barton AU / M / 1639 1964-11-26
1142
C
 I 25 Apr 2023 23:30 20 Jul 2023 11:39 Carnarvon (AU) Tanzania (TZ) 85d 12h 9m 4829 2.35 58y 150d
86
 4829 1
1
Simon van der Hoek NL / M / 1496 1963-11-06
1059
C
ms
 I 06 Apr 2022 11:56 02 May 2022 08:58 Portimao (PT) Mindelo (CV) 25d 21h 2m 1496 2.41 58y 151d
1059
C
ms
 I 03 May 2022 13:23 30 May 2022 04:21 Mindelo (CV) Kourou (GF) 26d 14h 58m 1771 2.78 58y 178d
53
 3267 1
1
Philippe Berquin Philippe Berquin FR / M / 1012 1959-06-20
820
C
 I 14 Dec 2017 17:00 04 Feb 2018 17:30 Gran Canaria (ES) Martinique (MQ) 52d 0h 30m 2662 2.13 58y 177d
901
C
 I 10 Dec 2019 11:00 19 Jan 2020 11:00 Puerto Rico (ES) Martinique (MQ) 40d 0h 0m 2643 2.75 60y 173d
92
 5305 1
2
Liz Dycus Liz Dycus US / F / 886 1957-08-29
744
C
 R 05 Jun 2016 01:00 21 Jul 2016 18:47 Monterey, California (US) Waikiki (US) 46d 17h 47m 2084 1.86 58y 281d
47
 2084 1
1
Predrag Tripković Predrag Tripković RS / M / 1270 1961-03-18
946
C
U
W
ms
 I 04 Mar 2020 16:30 12 Mar 2020 13:03 Portimao (PT) Arrecife (ES) 7d 20h 33m 550 2.93 58y 352d
946
C
U
W
ms
 I 12 Mar 2020 16:30 26 Apr 2020 17:31 Arrecife (ES) Dégrad des Cannes (GF) 45d 1h 1m 2635 2.44 58y 360d
53
 3185 1
1
Neels Terblanche Neels Terblanche ZA / M / 1964-12-23
1172
P
 I 12 Jan 2024 00:00 Cape Town (ZA) 59y 20d
0
 0 0
0
Zirk Botha Zirk Botha ZA / M / 1338 1961-08-11
957
Rs
 I 05 Dec 2020 00:00 06 Dec 2020 00:00 Cape Town (ZA) Cape Town (ZA) 1d 0h 0m 15 0.63 59y 116d
983
C
M
 I 19 Dec 2020 06:00 27 Feb 2021 01:45 Cape Town (ZA) Buzios (BR) 69d 19h 45m 3212 1.92 59y 130d
71
 3227 1
1
Colin Hiscock Colin Hiscock UK / M / 1675 1964-02-17
1162
C
 I 07 Jul 2023 11:48 22 Jul 2023 17:20 Tromso (NO) Longyearbyen (NO) 15d 5h 32m 518 1.42 59y 140d
15
 518 1
1
Mark Brownjohn UK / M / 976 1958-01-23
806
C
 R 14 Dec 2017 00:00 20 Jan 2018 22:32 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 37d 22h 32m 2554 2.81 59y 325d
38
 2554 1
1
Jean-Guy Sauriol Jean-Guy Sauriol CA / M / 676 1953-12-31
596
C
 I 24 Nov 2013 00:40 06 Feb 2014 03:14 Puerto de Mogan (ES) Barbados (BB) 74d 2h 34m 2596 1.46 59y 328d
74
 2596 1
1
Dominique Pape Dominique Pape FR / M / 1634 1962-12-07
1137
C
U
 I 30 Jan 2023 13:18 25 Mar 2023 12:49 Restinga Del Hierro (ES) Guadeloupe (GP) 53d 23h 31m 2507 1.94 60y 54d
54
 2507 1
1
Giles Johnson Giles Johnson UK / M / 1674 1962-11-17
1161
C
 I 22 Jun 2023 14:00 29 Jul 2023 00:00 St. John’s (CA) Dingle (IE) 36d 10h 0m 1641 1.88 60y 217d
Links: https://instagram.com/mattandgiles?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ;
36
 1641 1
1
Adrian Tyrrell Adrian Tyrrell UK / M / 1622 1962-03-10
1129
C
U
 R 03 Jan 2023 10:00 05 Mar 2023 21:00 Rubicon Marina, Lanzarote (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 61d 11h 0m 2731 1.85 60y 299d
61
 2731 1
1
Jean-François Tardiveau FR / M / 318 1945-09-25
313
C
M
 R 19 Nov 2006 00:00 05 Jan 2007 00:11 Saint Louis (SN) Saint Laurent (GF) 47d 0h 11m 2172 1.93 61y 55d
47
 2172 1
1
Peter Harley Peter Harley ZA / M / 1960-07-15
1061
I
 I 15 May 2022 14:00 23 May 2022 23:15 Norfolk (US) La Trinite'-sur-Mer (FR) 8d 9h 15m 182 0.91 61y 304d
1144
I
 I 04 Jun 2023 06:26 05 Jun 2023 01:50 Monterey, California (US) Honolulu (US) 0d 19h 24m 7 0.37 62y 324d
9
 189 0
0
Pete Beatty Pete Beatty UK / M / 1962-02-02
1166
I
 I 13 Dec 2023 07:25 26 Jan 2024 10:00 Portimao (PT) French Guyanne (GF) 44d 2h 35m 518 0.49 61y 314d
44
 518 0
0
Pat Hines Pat Hines US / F / 885 1954-06-28
744
C
 R 05 Jun 2016 01:00 21 Jul 2016 18:47 Monterey, California (US) Waikiki (US) 46d 17h 47m 2084 1.86 61y 343d
47
 2084 1
1
Ole Elmer Ole Elmer CA / M / 494 1948-01-11
455
C
 R 04 Jan 2010 00:00 11 Apr 2010 00:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 97d 0h 0m 2554 1.1 61y 358d
495
C
 I 02 Feb 2011 00:00 05 Apr 2011 05:42 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 62d 5h 42m 2606 1.75 63y 22d
526
I
 R 05 Dec 2011 00:00 08 Dec 2011 00:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 3d 0h 0m 0 0 63y 328d
576
I
 I 07 Feb 2013 12:30 13 Feb 2013 12:30 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) 6d 0h 0m 0 0 65y 27d
168
 5160 1
2
Martin Heseltine Martin Heseltine UK / M / 1343 1959-01-30
987
T
Ic
 I 06 Mar 2021 07:56 07 Mar 2021 19:50 Playa Blanca, Lanzarote (ES) Gran Tarjal (ES) 1d 11h 54m 40 1.14 62y 35d
988
C
 I 13 Mar 2021 09:23 02 May 2021 14:35 Gran Tarjal (ES) Falmouth Harbour (AG) 50d 5h 12m 2713 2.25 62y 42d
51
 2753 1
1
Sara Brewer Sara Brewer UK / F / 1233 1956-01-12
927
C
 R 12 Dec 2019 13:15 07 Mar 2020 22:14 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 86d 8h 59m 2554 1.23 63y 334d
86
 2554 1
1
Alexander Doba Alexander Doba PL / M / 536 1946-09-09
487
C
K
 I 26 Oct 2010 16:30 02 Feb 2011 22:50 Dakar (SN) Acarau (BR) 99d 6h 20m 1712 0.72 64y 47d
594
C
K
ms
 I 05 Oct 2013 15:08 24 Feb 2014 11:03 Lisbon (PT) South of Bermuda (BM) 141d 19h 55m 2697 0.79 67y 26d
594
C
K
ms
 I 23 Mar 2014 16:35 19 Apr 2014 20:18 South of Bermuda (BM) New Smyrna Beach (US) 27d 3h 43m 897 1.38 67y 195d
776
C
sd
K
 I 16 May 2017 10:47 03 Sep 2017 13:45 Bernegat Bay (US) Le Conquet (FR) 110d 2h 58m 2931 1.11 70y 249d
Links: wiki;
378
 8237 1
3
Christophe Huguet Christophe Huguet FR / M / 1635 1958-10-04
1137
C
U
 I 30 Jan 2023 13:18 25 Mar 2023 12:49 Restinga Del Hierro (ES) Guadeloupe (GP) 53d 23h 31m 2507 1.94 64y 118d
54
 2507 1
1
Pavel Rezvoy Pavel Rezvoy UA / M / 233 1938-11-28
234
C
 R 20 Jan 2004 00:00 21 Mar 2004 18:15 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 61d 18h 15m 2606 1.76 65y 53d
234
C
 R 14 May 2004 00:00 09 Jun 2004 07:54 Port St. Charles (BB) Port Chivirico (CU) 26d 7h 54m 1047 1.66 65y 168d
257
C
 I 13 Sep 2005 00:00 09 Nov 2005 04:50 Cocos (AU) Mahe (SC) 57d 4h 50m 2494 1.82 66y 289d
145
 6147 2
2
Richard Perret FR / M / 750 1949-05-24
651
C
M
 R 18 Oct 2014 00:00 22 Dec 2014 05:08 Saint Louis (SN) French Guyanne (GF) 65d 5h 8m 2481 1.59 65y 147d
65
 2481 1
1
Jim Bauer Jim Bauer US / M / 1948-11-19
634
I
 R 09 Jun 2014 17:00 12 Jun 2014 17:00 Monterey, California (US) Monterey, California (US) 3d 0h 0m 26 0.36 65y 202d
646
I
 R 18 Jun 2014 00:00 22 Jun 2014 00:00 Monterey, California (US) Monterey, California (US) 4d 0h 0m 43 0.45 65y 211d
7
 69 0
0
Georgios Ardanavis Georgios Ardanavis GR / M / 1341 1955-02-22
986
C
 I 01 Mar 2021 16:15 22 Apr 2021 11:16 Portimao (PT) Kourou (GF) 51d 19h 1m 3083 2.48 66y 7d
52
 3083 1
1
Simon Howes Simon Howes UK / M / 1630 1955-07-08
1043
U
I
 R 12 Dec 2021 12:25 12 Dec 2021 12:25 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 0d 0h 0m 2549 0 66y 157d
1135
C
 I 16 Jan 2023 08:00 29 Mar 2023 09:45 Puerto Rico (ES) Rodney Bay (LC) 72d 1h 45m 2658 1.54 67y 192d
72
 5207 1
1
Gérard Marie FR / M / 761 1947-11-29
666
C
M
 R 18 Oct 2014 00:00 09 Jan 2015 00:00 Saint Louis (SN) French Guyanne (GF) 83d 0h 0m 2481 1.25 66y 323d
83
 2481 1
1
Nicholas Fuller Nicholas Fuller AG / M / 837 1948-11-19
718
C
 R 20 Dec 2015 09:00 10 Feb 2016 18:09 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 52d 9h 9m 2549 2.03 67y 31d
52
 2549 1
1
Tom Butscher Tom Butscher CA / M / 560 1943-06-11
492
C
 I 15 Jan 2011 00:00 03 Mar 2011 18:00 Tarfaya (MA) Port St. Charles (BB) 47d 18h 0m 2752 2.4 67y 218d
48
 2752 1
1
Tony Short UK / M / 606 1944-03-28
515
C
 R 05 Dec 2011 00:00 22 Jan 2012 08:03 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 48d 8h 3m 2534 2.18 67y 252d
48
 2534 1
1
George Harboe George Harboe NO / M / 1 1964-09-14
1
C
H
sd
 I 06 Jun 1896 22:00 01 Aug 1896 11:00 Battery Park, New York (US) St. Mary's (UK) 55d 13h 0m 2824 2.12 68y 49772d
Links: wiki;
56
 2824 1
1
Guy Rigby Guy Rigby UK / M / 1468 1953-04-07
1038
C
U
 R 12 Dec 2021 12:10 03 Feb 2022 16:52 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 53d 4h 42m 2549 2 68y 249d
53
 2549 1
1
Frank Rothwell Frank Rothwell UK / M / 1335 1950-07-09
980
C
U
 R 12 Dec 2020 11:44 06 Feb 2021 15:25 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 56d 3h 41m 2549 1.89 70y 156d
1168
C
 I 13 Dec 2023 09:39 15 Feb 2024 17:32 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 64d 7h 53m 2597 1.68 73y 157d
120
 5146 1
2
Peter Smith Peter Smith AG / M / 838 1941-05-17
718
C
 R 20 Dec 2015 09:00 10 Feb 2016 18:09 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 52d 9h 9m 2549 2.03 74y 217d
52
 2549 1
1
Jean-Jacques Savin Jean-Jacques Savin FR / M / 1947-01-14
1052
U
L
I
 I 01 Jan 2022 14:00 22 Jan 2022 00:34 Sagres (PT) Saint Martin (MF) 20d 10h 34m 450 0.92 74y 352d
20
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