ADVENTURESYOUNGEST PERSON TO ROW THE ATLANTIC TWICE
Shaun Pedley (UK, b. 17 Feb 1992, above left) was aged
23 years 306 days when, on 20 Dec 2015, he started his
second Atlantic row from La Gomera, Spain, to Antigua.
The youngest person to make three ocean crossings
is Angus Collins (UK, b. 21 Sep 1989, above right). He set out
on his third crossing on 14 Dec 2016, aged 27 years 84 days.FIRST TEAM TO ROW THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
On 4 May–23 Sep 2016, the Latvian duo of Kārlis Bardelis and Gints Barkovskis rowed
3,112 nautical mi (5,763 km) from Lüderitz in Namibia to Rio das Ostras in Brazil in 141 days
19 hr 35 min on board Linda. They are one of only two crews to have crossed the Atlantic
with both start and finish points in the Southern Hemisphere. Amyr Khan Klink (BRA)
became the first person to row the South Atlantic Ocean when he crossed
from Namibia to Brazil on 9 Jun–18 Sep 1984.Ocean rower Kārlis
Bardelis is no stranger
to epic journeys. In
the intrepid Latvian^ 2013,
crossed Europe in just(^60) days on a pair of
inline skates.
200 litres – Drinking water
600 packs – Professional
adventure food packages
50 kg – Nuts (pasta, rice, potatoes, etc.)
750 – Muesli bars
14 – Deck hatches,
cabin hatches
80 kg – Chocolate bars
FIRST MIXED TEAM TO
ROW THE ATLANTIC EAST
TO WEST FROM EUROPE
TO SOUTH AMERICA,
MAINLAND TO MAINLAND
Luke Richmond, Susannah
Cass, Jake Heath and Mel
Parker (all UK) rowed from
Lagos in Portugal to Pontinhas
in Brazil in 54 days 10 hr
45 min on 29 Feb–23 Apr 2016.
OLDEST ALL-MALE PAIR TO ROW THE MID-PACIFIC
Rick Leach (USA, b. 14 Sep 1962) and Todd Bliss (USA,
b. 15 Feb 1964) had a combined age of 106 years 10 days
at the start of their east-to-west row from Monterey to
Diamond Head in O’ahu, Hawaii, USA, on 5 Jun 2016. They
completed their crossing on 29 Jul 2016, on board Row
Aloha. The two men met while studying at the California
State University Maritime Academy in Vallejo, USA.
MOST OCEAN-ROWING
SPEED RECORDS HELD
SIMULTANEOUSLY ON
DIFFERENT OCEANS
Fiann Paul (ISL, b. POL) made
the fastest row across the
Atlantic east to west in the
Sara G crew in 2011, and was
part of the Avalon crew who
made the fastest row across
the Indian Ocean east to
west in 2014. He set his third
ocean-rowing speed record
on Danielle in 2016 (see left).
FASTEST TIME TO ROW THE ATLANTIC
EAST TO WEST BY A TEAM OF FOUR
Team Latitude 35 – Jason Caldwell, Matthew Brown (both
USA), Angus Collins and Alex Simpson (both UK) – rowed
2,550 nautical mi (4,722.6 km) from La Gomera in the Canary
Islands to the Caribbean island of Antigua in 35 days 14 hr
3 min between 14 Dec 2016 and 19 Jan 2017. They maintained
an average speed of 2.986 knots (5.53 km/h; 3.44 mph).
FIRST ALL-FEMALE CREW TO ROW
THE ATLANTIC WEST TO EAST
Guin Batten, Molly Brown, Alex Holt, Mary
Sutherland and Gilly Mara (all UK) rowed
2,865 nautical mi (5,306 km) from Liberty
Landing Marina in New Jersey, USA, to
Falmouth in Cornwall, UK, in 48 days
13 hr 49 min from 7 Jun to 26 Jul
2016 on board Liberty. The crew
was selected during a “hell
weekend” featuring power
testing, an endurance task
and an overnight trek.
OLDEST TEAM OF TWO
TO ROW ANY OCEAN
(COMBINED AGE)
Pat Hines (USA, b. 28 Jun
1954) and Liz Dycus (USA,
b. 29 Aug 1957) rowed
across the Mid-Pacific
east to west at a combined
age of 120 years 258 days.
They crossed from
Monterey in California,
USA, to O’ahu, Hawaii, USA,
on board Roosevelt from
5 Jun to 21 Jul 2016.