Ocean Rowing Society 1983

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# Nationality Male Female Total C I
Total 1969 473 2442 2335 749
United Kingdom 1156 280 1436 1387 376
United States 163 48 211 182 82
France 130 19 149 148 69
Ireland 73 10 83 68 32
Australia 42 13 55 41 21
Netherlands 34 18 52 66 10
Switzerland 32 10 42 51 5
South Africa 37 4 41 39 13
Canada 25 12 37 27 19
Germany 23 12 35 27 9
New Zealand 24 5 29 32 9
Belgium 25 1 26 19 8
Denmark 20 6 26 34 4
Norway 16 6 22 22 2
Spain 18 1 19 16 4
Antigua And Barbuda 11 5 16 19 0
Sweden 12 3 15 14 7
Russia 13 0 13 10 11
Guyana 9 0 9 10 3
China 4 4 8 9 6
Hungary 6 1 7 6 5
Estonia 6 0 6 6 0
Ukraine 6 0 6 6 5
Brazil 5 1 6 3 1
Romania 5 0 5 4 1
Mexico 1 4 5 5 0
Poland 5 0 5 6 1
Iceland 5 0 5 7 4
Austria 2 3 5 6 1
Jersey 0 4 4 4 0
Italy 4 0 4 3 2
Faroe Islands 4 0 4 3 3
Finland 4 0 4 3 1
Bulgaria 3 0 3 6 3
United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 2 1
Lithuania 3 0 3 3 2
Zimbabwe 3 0 3 2 1
Portugal 3 0 3 2 3
Japan 2 0 2 2 1
Serbia 1 1 2 2 0
Egypt 2 0 2 0 2
Malta 2 0 2 3 0
Croatia 2 0 2 2 2
India 2 0 2 2 2
Latvia 2 0 2 4 1
Barbados 2 0 2 3 0
French Guiana 2 0 2 3 0
Slovenia 1 1 2 1 0
Gibraltar 2 0 2 0 3
Bahrain 2 0 2 0 2
Costa Rica 1 0 1 1 0
Greece 1 0 1 1 0
Hong Kong 1 0 1 0 1
Uruguay 0 1 1 1 0
Georgia 1 0 1 1 0
Argentina 1 0 1 0 2
Turkey 1 0 1 6 5
Guatemala 1 0 1 1 0
Korea 1 0 1 1 0
Kyrgyzstan 1 0 1 0 4
Lebanon 1 0 1 1 0
Oman 1 0 1 1 0
Botswana 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
John Williams John Williams UK / M / 204 admin view only
Expedition Number Status Race / Ind Depart Arrival From To Duration Distance
[NM]		 Avg. S
[kt] 		Age at
start
335
C
 I 24 Mar 2007 00:00 09 Jul 2007 21:30 Fremantle (AU) Longitude of Rodriguez (MU) 107d 21h 30m 2818 1.09
212
C
 R 19 Oct 2003 00:00 29 Dec 2003 03:09 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 71d 3h 9m 2534 1.48
179
 5352 2
2
John Petersen John Petersen US / M / 1263 admin view only
937
C
E
 I 13 Dec 2019 12:00 25 Dec 2019 13:45 Cape Horn (CL) Charles Point (AQ) 12d 1h 45m 529 1.83
12
 529 1
1
John Huppi John Huppi US / M / 1946 admin view only
1303
C
 I 04 Jul 2025 08:00 14 Jul 2025 13:00 Engvik (NO) Longyearbyen (NO) 10d 5h 0m 518 2.11
Related: Hannah Huppi (wife);
10
 518 1
1
John Ridgway John Ridgway UK / M / 5 admin view only
7
C
H
 I 04 Jun 1966 00:00 03 Sep 1966 00:00 Cape Cod (US) Aran Isles (IE) 91d 0h 0m 2159 0.99
Links: wiki;
91
 2159 1
1
John Ford UK / M / 1205 admin view only
922
C
 R 12 Dec 2019 13:15 21 Jan 2020 04:46 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 39d 15h 31m 2554 2.69
40
 2554 1
1
John Watts AG / M / 1007 admin view only
817
C
 R 14 Dec 2017 11:35 13 Jan 2018 13:47 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 30d 2h 12m 2554 3.54
30
 2554 1
1
John Adams UK / M / 1206 admin view only
922
C
 R 12 Dec 2019 13:15 21 Jan 2020 04:46 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 39d 15h 31m 2554 2.69
40
 2554 1
1
John Fannin US / M / 1209 admin view only
923
C
 R 12 Dec 2019 13:15 01 Feb 2020 00:50 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 50d 11h 35m 2554 2.11
50
 2554 1
1
John Peck John Peck UK / M / 220 admin view only
223
C
 R 20 Jan 2004 00:00 27 Mar 2004 14:01 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 67d 14h 1m 2606 1.61
68
 2606 1
1
John Zeigler John Zeigler US / M / 129 admin view only
156
C
 R 07 Oct 2001 00:00 04 Dec 2001 03:54 Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 58d 3h 54m 2554 1.83
58
 2554 1
1
John Farndale John Farndale UK / M / 767 admin view only
672
C
D
 I 24 Nov 2014 21:59 03 Jan 2015 21:20 Puerto de Mogan (ES) Barbados (BB) 39d 23h 21m 2596 2.71
40
 2596 1
1
John Wagner John Wagner US / M / 733 admin view only
639
C
 R 09 Jun 2014 17:00 05 Aug 2014 22:45 Monterey, California (US) off O'ahu (US) 57d 5h 45m 2016 1.47
57
 2016 1
1
John Schwartz John Schwartz US / M / 899 admin view only
760
C
 R 14 Dec 2016 08:00 03 Mar 2017 19:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 79d 11h 0m 2549 1.34
Related: Kurt Schwartz (brother);
79
 2549 1
1
John Wilson John Wilson UK / M / 1052 admin view only
851
C
 I 27 Nov 2018 07:23 23 Feb 2019 16:45 Cadiz (ES) Falmouth Harbour (AG) 88d 9h 22m 3152 1.49
88
 3152 1
1
John Cecil-Wright UK / M / 376 admin view only
360
C
 R 02 Dec 2007 00:00 19 Jan 2008 02:52 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 48d 2h 52m 2554 2.21
48
 2554 1
1
John Moorhouse UK / M / 1244 admin view only
932
C
 R 12 Dec 2019 13:15 30 Jan 2020 21:55 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 49d 8h 40m 2554 2.16
49
 2554 1
1
John Van Katwyck UK / M / 77 admin view only
91
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 15 Dec 1997 07:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 64d 7h 0m 2550 1.65
64
 2550 1
1
John O’Driscoll IE / M / 1812
1239
C
U
 R 11 Dec 2024 07:50 19 Jan 2025 23:21 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 39d 15h 31m 2549 2.68
40
 2549 1
1
John Davidson NL / M / 1202 admin view only
920
C
 R 12 Dec 2019 13:15 26 Feb 2020 12:58 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 75d 23h 43m 2554 1.4
76
 2554 1
1
John Hammond UK / M / 2018 admin view only
1330
C
U
 R 14 Dec 2025 11:40 24 Jan 2026 13:37 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 41d 1h 57m 2549 2.59
41
 2549 1
1
John Dempster ZA / M / 1201 admin view only
919
C
 R 12 Dec 2019 13:15 13 Feb 2020 22:29 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 63d 9h 14m 2554 1.68
63
 2554 1
1
John Searson John Searson UK / M / 89 admin view only
102
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 12:00 11 Dec 1997 05:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 59d 17h 0m 2550 1.78
60
 2550 1
1
John Ashton UK / M / 1721 admin view only
1176
C
U
 R 13 Dec 2023 08:27 23 Jan 2024 16:11 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 41d 7h 44m 2549 2.57
41
 2549 1
1
John Watling UK / M / 1844
1248
C
U
 R 11 Dec 2024 08:08 02 Feb 2025 05:51 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 52d 21h 43m 2549 2.01
53
 2549 1
1
John Solosy UK / M / 1718 admin view only
1176
C
U
 R 13 Dec 2023 08:27 23 Jan 2024 16:11 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 41d 7h 44m 2549 2.57
41
 2549 1
1
John Blässar FI / M / 1474 admin view only
1041
C
U
 R 12 Dec 2021 12:16 23 Jan 2022 00:30 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 41d 12h 14m 2549 2.56
42
 2549 1
1
John Haskell John Haskell UK / M / 621 admin view only
525
C
 R 05 Dec 2011 00:00 19 Jan 2012 19:21 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 45d 19h 21m 2534 2.31
46
 2534 1
1
John Bryant John Bryant UK / M / 66 admin view only
85
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 12 Dec 1997 02:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 61d 2h 0m 2550 1.74
61
 2550 1
1
John Martineau US / M / admin view only
27
H
I
 I 03 Oct 1972 00:00 04 Jan 1973 00:00 Half Moon Bay (US) Half Moon Bay (US) 93d 0h 0m 1216 0.54
93
 1216 0
0
John Higson UK / M / admin view only
527
I
 R 05 Dec 2011 00:00 05 Dec 2011 00:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 0d 0h 0m 0 0
0
 0 0
0
John Walker John Walker UK / M / admin view only
108
I
K
 I 23 Nov 1997 00:01 26 Nov 1997 00:01 Monterey, California (US) Monterey, California (US) 3d 0h 0m 140 1.94
3
 140 0
0
John Hoare John Hoare UK / M / admin view only
6
H
L
I
 I 21 May 1966 00:00 03 Sep 1966 00:00 Virginia Beach (US) Bishops Rock Lighthouse (UK) 105d 0h 0m 1545 0.61
105
 1545 0
0
John Mollison John Mollison UK / M / admin view only
481
I
co
 R 01 Jun 2010 16:30 14 Jun 2010 00:00 Tower Bridge (UK) Tower Bridge (UK) 12d 7h 30m 1 0
434
I
 I 05 Jul 2009 00:00 27 Jul 2009 00:00 Cape Cod (US) Cape Cod (US) 22d 0h 0m 0 0
Disability: Lost right leg below the knee;
34
 1 0
0
John Lowry John Lowry US / M / 0 admin view only
1220
I
 I 02 Jun 2024 14:00 01 Jun 2025 00:00 Charleston, Boston (US) Tower Bridge (UK) 363d 10h 0m 3010 0.35
363
 3010 0
0
John Eustace John Eustace UK / M / admin view only
696
I
 I 03 Dec 2015 08:40 07 Dec 2015 08:40 Puerto Rico (ES) Puerto Rico (ES) 4d 0h 0m 0 0
4
 0 0
0
John Wills John Wills UK / M / admin view only
237
I
 I 30 Jun 2004 15:17 07 Aug 2004 15:17 St. John’s (CA) St. John’s (CA) 38d 0h 0m 0 0
38
 0 0
0
Joel Wood UK / M / 965 admin view only
802
C
 R 14 Dec 2017 00:00 07 Feb 2018 02:23 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 55d 2h 23m 2554 1.93
55
 2554 1
1
Joe Mile UK / M / 853 admin view only
724
C
 R 20 Dec 2015 12:00 10 Feb 2016 04:06 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 51d 16h 6m 2549 2.06
52
 2549 1
1
Joe Lewis UK / M / 1394 admin view only
1016
C
U
 R 12 Dec 2021 11:01 23 Jan 2022 17:30 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 42d 6h 29m 2549 2.51
42
 2549 1
1
Joe Barnett UK / M / 845 admin view only
722
C
 R 20 Dec 2015 09:00 26 Jan 2016 18:12 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 37d 9h 12m 2549 2.84
37
 2549 1
1
Joe Thompson Joe Thompson UK / M / 478 admin view only
451
C
 R 04 Jan 2010 00:00 15 Mar 2010 11:03 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 70d 11h 3m 2554 1.51
70
 2554 1
1
Joe Trafford UK / M / 1112 admin view only
869
C
 R 12 Dec 2018 13:25 22 Jan 2019 17:47 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 41d 4h 22m 2554 2.59
41
 2554 1
1
Joe Benson Joe Benson UK / M / 1791 admin view only
1221
C
co
 R 09 Jun 2024 17:11 28 Jul 2024 18:40 Tower Bridge. (UK) Tower Bridge (UK) 49d 1h 29m 1438 1.22
49
 1438 0
0
Jock Wishart Jock Wishart UK / M / 72 admin view only
505
Ic
co
 I 28 Jul 2011 00:00 06 Sep 2011 00:00 Nunavut (CA) Magnetic North Pole '96 (CA) 40d 0h 0m 202 0.21
88
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 14 Dec 1997 00:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 63d 0h 0m 2550 1.69
103
 2752 1
1
Joby Newton Joby Newton UK / M / admin view only
382
I
 I 01 Jun 2008 00:00 13 Jun 2008 00:00 Jersey City (US) Jersey City (US) 12d 0h 0m 0 0
12
 0 0
0
Joaquim Planells ES / M / 1568 admin view only
1099
C
U
 R 12 Dec 2022 11:52 13 Jan 2023 06:01 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 31d 18h 9m 2549 3.35
32
 2549 1
1
Joachim Sutton DK / M / 1678 admin view only
1159
C
U
 R 12 Jun 2023 14:36 13 Jul 2023 19:48 Monterey, California (US) Hanalei, Kauai (US) 31d 5h 12m 2131 2.85
31
 2131 1
1
Joachim Megret De Serilly D'Entigny Joachim Megret De Serilly D'Entigny BR FR / M / 1803 admin view only
1236
C
 I 08 Dec 2024 10:30 31 Jan 2025 17:30 Puerto de Mogan (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 54d 7h 0m 2601 2
54
 2601 1
1
Jo Davies Jo Davies UK / F / 384 admin view only
363
C
 R 02 Dec 2007 00:00 22 Jan 2008 16:31 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 51d 16h 31m 2554 2.06
263
C
 R 30 Nov 2005 00:00 15 Feb 2006 09:55 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 77d 9h 55m 2554 1.38
129
 5108 1
1
Jo Blackshaw UK / F / 1409 admin view only
1019
C
U
 R 12 Dec 2021 11:10 21 Jan 2022 23:56 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 40d 12h 46m 2549 2.62
41
 2549 1
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