Ocean rowing is the sport of rowing across oceans . Some ocean rowing boats can hold as many as fourteen rowers; however, the most common ocean rowboats are designed for singles, doubles, and fours.
79-548: Fiann Paul (born Paweł Pietrzak ; 15 August 1980) is a Polish-Icelandic explorer known for his exploits in ocean rowing . Paul is the fastest ocean rower (2016) and the most record-breaking ocean rower (2017). In 2019, he led the first human-powered transit (by rowing) across the Drake Passage , and the first human-powered expedition on the Southern Ocean . As of 2020, he is the first and only person to achieve
158-541: A Jungian Analyst at the C.G. Jung institute in Zürich . His main focus is the psychology of ultra endurance performance and the psychological dynamics within the psyche of explorers and endurance athletes. Fiann Paul has crossed all five oceans in an unsupported human-powered row boat with world-record-breaking speed, setting the overall speed records for the Atlantic , Indian , Pacific and Arctic Oceans. He achieved
237-638: A geodatabase that documents the history of human-power ocean exploration. Ocean rowing The history of ocean rowing is divided into two eras by the Ocean Rowing Society International , the official adjudicator of ocean rowing records for Guinness World Records . The first fourteen ocean rows, up to and including 1981, are considered historic ocean rows as they were completed with very limited, if any, modern technology. All subsequent rows are described as modern-day rows. The first ocean to be deliberately rowed across
316-620: A D12 from The Ocean Rowing Company was built by Mark Slats himself. The world record for the fastest 4 man crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in a rowing boat is held by team The Four Oarsmen. During the Talisker Whisky Atlantic challenge they rowed 4,722 km (2,554 nautical miles) from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua aboard a Rannoch R45 boat named Aegir , arriving on 12 January 2018. They rowed
395-399: A closed Drake Passage, there is no North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) cell, and no ACC. With a shallower Drake Passage, a weak ACC appears, but still no NADW cell. It has also been shown that present-day distribution of dissolved inorganic carbon can be obtained only with an open Drake Passage. Regarding the global surface temperature , an open (and sufficiently deep) Drake Passage cools
474-586: A crossing from Washington State to Hawaii, a journey of 2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km) which took him 114 days. In 1977 Colin Quincey became the first to cross the Tasman Sea , the segment of the Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand . He departed Hokianga , New Zealand , on 6 February 1977 and 63 days later arrived at Marcus Beach , Australia on 10 April. The first person to row
553-558: A crossing time of 39 days, 9 hours, and 56 minutes, earning Fiann Paul the third of four overall speed records and the Guinness World Record for "The first person to hold current speed records on four oceans." In 2016, Erden Eruç rowed with Louis Bird, the son of Peter Bird , as a substitute for a race partner who had withdrawn for health reasons. They set the fastest time in the classic pair class, 54 days, 3 hours, and 45 minutes, finishing first among three boats in
632-636: A distance of 7,145 miles when he landed in Cairns, Australia. Hendrickson also holds the Guinness world record for the longest time rowed nonstop across any ocean. In June 2014, the first rowing race to take place on the Pacific Ocean started from Monterey, California , and ended in Honolulu , Hawaii . The Great Pacific Race was organized by New Ocean Wave which is run by Chris Martin and Roz Savage , both experienced ocean rowers. Thirteen crews started
711-504: A hurricane, the crew narrowed down to only 3 rowers. In 2016, Paul became the only rower ever to achieve all three overall speed records (Atlantic, Indian, Mid-Pacific) and the only rower to hold all three records simultaneously. The achievement was recognized by Guinness World Records. In 2017, Paul rowed the Arctic Ocean, becoming the first person to row 4 oceans and earning the Arctic Ocean overall speed record. Polar Row I broke
790-539: A major effect on the global oceans due to deep currents like the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). This opening could have been a primary cause of changes in global circulation and climate, as well as the rapid expansion of Antarctic ice sheets , because, as Antarctica was encircled by ocean currents, it was cut off from receiving heat from warmer regions. The 800-kilometre-wide (500 mi) passage between Cape Horn and Livingston Island
869-461: A testament to the sport's inherent danger, the first to try to repeat the feat, again a two-man crew rowing the Atlantic from west to east, were lost at sea in 1966. However, that same year, John Ridgway and Chay Blyth successfully rowed across the Atlantic in 92 days. The first solo crossing of an ocean was completed by John Fairfax of Britain on 19 July 1969. He rowed from Gran Canaria in
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#1732772740708948-470: A threat. A race support yacht towed Pacific Warriors the final 78 nmi (144 km; 90 mi) to O'ahu before returning to sea the next day to accompany Boatylicious in their final few miles to ensure they reached a safe harbor before the hurricane arrived. Both crews arrived safely at the Waikiki Yacht Club before the hurricane struck the island later that day. The final boat to finish
1027-606: A time of 39 days 22 hours and 10 minutes setting a Guinness World Record. The Vivaldi Atlantic four also became the first four-man team ever to row the North Atlantic west to east. The fastest unsupported row from the United States to England was set in 2005 by The Ocean Fours (NL) (Gijs Groeneveld, Robert Hoeve, Jaap Koomen, Maarten Staarink) with the Vopak Victory . They left New York on 27 May and crossed
1106-691: A total of 312 consecutive days, setting the current world record for a non-stop unassisted ocean row. Eruç completed a solo human-powered circumnavigation from 2007 to 2012, crossing the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans becoming the first person to row all three. From 22 December 2013 to 31 May 2014 Fyodor Konyukhov crossed Pacific Ocean starting in the Chilean port of Concón and finishing in Mooloolaba, Queensland , Australia without entering ports and without any external help or assistance. He covered
1185-600: Is David Murray and Guy Rigby from The UK. They left La Gomera and on 12 December 2021 and arrived in Antigua 53 days 3 hours and 42 minutes. With a combined age of 124 Years and 301 days. Rowing the Atlantic first became mainstream when the first Atlantic Rowing Race was launched by Sir Chay Blyth , after reflecting on his own ocean row that propelled him to international renown. This was the Port St. Charles, Barbados Atlantic Rowing Race . Thirty double-handed teams lined up at
1264-466: Is considered one of the most treacherous voyages for ships to make. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current , which runs through it, meets no resistance from any landmass, and waves top 40 feet (12 m), giving it a reputation for being "the most powerful convergence of seas". As the Drake Passage is the narrowest passage ( choke point ) around Antarctica, its existence and shape strongly influence
1343-421: Is of great importance to all gradient-driven types of transport and circulation (including thermohaline circulation ). Mixing drives the global thermohaline circulation; without internal mixing, cooler water would never rise above warmer water, and there would be no density ( buoyancy )-driven circulation. However, mixing in the interior of most of the ocean is thought to be ten times weaker than required to support
1422-541: Is the shortest crossing from Antarctica to another landmass. The boundary between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is sometimes taken to be a line drawn from Cape Horn to Snow Island (130 kilometres (81 mi) north of mainland Antarctica), though the International Hydrographic Organization defines it as the meridian that passes through Cape Horn: 67° 16′ W. Both lines lie within the Drake Passage. The other two passages around
1501-573: The "Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces)" in Spanish maps and sources, while almost always in the rest of the Spanish-speaking countries it is mostly known as “Pasaje de Drake” (Argentina, mainly), “Paso Drake” or to a lesser extent: “Mar de Drake” (both in Chile, mainly). The passage received its English name from Sir Francis Drake during his raiding expedition . After passing in 1578 through
1580-513: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Much of the energy that is dissipated through internal wave breaking (around 20% of the wind energy put into the ocean) is dissipated in the Southern Ocean. In short, without the coarse topography in the depths of the Drake Passage, oceanic internal mixing would be weaker, and the global circulation would be affected. Worldwide satellite measurements of oceanic properties have been available since
1659-551: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current , which carries a huge volume of water through the passage and around Antarctica. The passage hosts whales, dolphins, and seabirds including giant petrels , other petrels , albatrosses , and penguins . The presence of the Drake Passageway allows the three main ocean basins (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian) to be connected via the Antarctic Circumpolar current (ACC),
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#17327727407081738-526: The Canary Islands to Hollywood Beach , Florida in 180 days. In the same year Tom McClean , also of Britain, rowed from Newfoundland , Canada arriving in Blacksod Bay , Ireland on 27 July 1969. Despite having left almost four months after Fairfax, he came within 8 days of beating Fairfax to the title of first solo rower of any ocean. In 1974, Derek Paul King and Peter Bird rowed across
1817-705: The Gilbert Island of Onotoa ), the two arrived on Hayman Island in Australia 361 days later on 22 April 1972. Cook became the first woman to row any ocean. Kathleen and Curtis Saville were the first to row from South America (Callao, Peru) to Cairns, Australia from 1984 - 1985. Their journey was recorded on the Ocean Rowing Society's site. Kathleen is also the first woman to row across two oceans - Atlantic Ocean in 1981 and South Pacific Ocean from 1984 to 1985. In 1976 Patrick Quesnel completed
1896-592: The Ocean Explorers Grand Slam , performing open-water crossings on each of the five oceans using human-powered vessels. Fiann Paul was born Paweł Pietrzak on 15 August 1980 in Warsaw , Poland. In the mid-2000s, he moved from his native Poland to Iceland and became an Icelandic citizen, changing his name to Fiann Paul. He currently lives in Reykjavík . In 2021, Paul completed training to become
1975-527: The 1980s. Before then, data could be only gathered through oceanic ships taking direct measurements. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) has been (and is) surveyed making repeated transects. South America and the Antarctic Peninsula constrain the ACC in the Drake Passage; the convenience of measuring the ACC across the passage lays in the clear boundaries of the current in that stripe. Even after
2054-558: The Atlantic Ocean Trade Winds I route (open-class category) in 29 days and 15 hours. The four man team consisted of close friends (Stuart Watts, Peter Robinson, Richard Taylor and George Biggar – all from the United Kingdom). Aegir is the fastest rowing boat to cross any ocean, at an average speed of 3.589 knots, beating the previous record held by Sara G since 2011. The fastest rowing record to cross
2133-532: The Atlantic Ocean by a female crew was created by Chinese women Cloris Chen Yuli, Amber Li Xiaobing, Tina Liang Mintian and Sarah Meng Yajie at the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2017, rowing boat Jasmine 2 . Arriving on 18 January 2018, they rowed from La Gomera to Antigua in 34 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes, shattering the previous record of 40 days, 8 hours, 26 minutes set two years ago by a British team. Their team Kung Fu Cha Cha
2212-619: The Atlantic Ocean from Gibraltar to St. Lucia in Britannia II - the boat designed by Uffa Fox and first rowed by John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook across the Pacific Ocean in 1971/72. Kathleen and Curtis Saville were the first people born in America to row across the Atlantic Ocean from Casablanca to Antigua in 1981 and Kathleen was the first woman to row the North Atlantic Ocean. In 2023, Finnish firefighter Jari Saario became
2291-470: The Atlantic Ocean solo in only 30 days, seven hours and 49 minutes in 2017. Mark rowed the Atlantic again in 2020 with a fellow Dutchman Kai Weedmer. The duo were first to arrive in Antigua beating all 3, 4 and 5 man crews participating in the Atlantic Challenge and broke the record for the fastest pair to row across the Atlantic Ocean taking just 32 days, 22 hours, 13 minutes. Their boat 'Maria'
2370-475: The Atlantic Ocean, and won the Blue Riband Trophy of Ocean Rowing. In 2014, Paul became the first person to simultaneously hold overall speed records for the fastest rowing across 2 oceans (Atlantic and Indian). In addition to another collision, this time with a blue whale , the critical steering cable broke, which forced the crew to manually steer the boat. After sustaining injuries passing through
2449-549: The Atlantic on the Trade Winds 1 route was achieved by Simon Chalk, Paul Williams, Matthew Inglesby, Matthew Mason, James Prior, Oliver Waite, Gavin Emmerson (all UK) and Yaacov Mutnikas (Lithuania) who rowed a distance of (4808 km) 2569 nautical miles from Puerto Mogan, Gran Canaria to Port St. Charles, Barbados at an average speed of 3.29 knots between 10 February and 15 March 2014. The oldest male pair to row any ocean
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2528-628: The Bishops Rock longitude 60 days, 16 hours, and 19 minutes later. This record was beaten by Leven Brown and his crew in 2010. Their boat Artemis Investments left New York on 17 June 2010 and arrived in St Mary's on 31 July 2010 in a time of 43 days 21 hours 26 mins and 48 seconds. This has remained the record to date for the longer 2,850 nmi (5,280 km; 3,280 mi) and original North Atlantic route. During their voyage they were capsized twice in storms. Frenchman Charles Hedrich set
2607-590: The Canaries to Antigua course, achieved by English crew Kat Cordiner, Charlotte Irving and Abby Johnston rowing Dolly Parton . An eleven-man French crew aboard La Mondiale set the record for the fastest row from Santa Cruz de La Palma to Martinique , in 1992 at 35 days, 8 hours, and 30 minutes. On 3 December 1999, Tori Murden of the United States became the first woman to row any ocean solo when she arrived in Guadeloupe , having set off from Tenerife in
2686-527: The Canary Islands 81 days earlier. In March 2006, Julie Wafaei of Canada became the first woman to row across the Atlantic from mainland to mainland. On 10 July 2005, the Vivaldi Atlantic four-man team (Nigel Morris, George Rock, Steve Dawson, Rob Munslow) set the record for fastest unsupported row from St John's , Newfoundland to the longitude of Bishop Rock lighthouse, United Kingdom. They left on 31 May 2005, arriving back on 10 July 2005 in
2765-596: The Drake Passage to the equator, mainly in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This value is not far from the Gulf Stream transport in the Florida Strait (33 Sv ), but is an order of magnitude lower than the transport of the ACC (100–150 Sv). Water transported from the Southern Ocean to the Northern Hemisphere contributes to the global mass balance and permits the meridional circulation across
2844-468: The Furious Fifties blow around Antarctica and drive the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). As a result of Ekman Transport , water gets transported northward from the ACC (on the left-hand side while facing the stream direction). Using a Lagrangian approach , water parcels passing through the Drake Passage can be followed in their journey in the oceans. Around 23 Sv of water is transported from
2923-427: The Guinness World Record for completing the longest solo, nonstop, unassisted ocean row across the Pacific from North America. Hendrickson launched with zero ocean boating experience, determined to travel a greater distance than previous rowers, without any stops or resupplies along the way. Hendrickson departed Neah Bay, Washington on 7 July 2018. Each day, he rowed an average 10–12 hours for 336 days at sea, reaching
3002-442: The Pacific non-stop, solo and unassisted arriving in Australia on 30 March 2001. Some within the sport felt that Shekhdar had not given due credit to the achievement of Peter Bird and the term "unassisted" also came under some scrutiny. Roz Savage rowed from San Francisco to Hawaii in 2008, the first woman to do so solo, and from Hawaii to Tuvalu in 2009. She completed the third leg her trip (from Tuvalu to PNG) in 2010 and so became
3081-472: The Southern Ocean and warms the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. The isolation of Antarctica by the ACC (that can flow only with an open Drake Passage) is credited by many researchers with causing the glaciation of the continent and global cooling in the Eocene epoch. Diapycnal mixing is the process by which different layers of a stratified fluid mix. It directly affects vertical gradients, thus it
3160-517: The Strait of Magellan with Marigold , Elizabeth , and his flagship Golden Hind , Drake entered the Pacific Ocean and was blown far south in a tempest. Marigold was lost and Elizabeth abandoned the fleet. Only Drake's Golden Hind entered the passage. This incident demonstrated to the English that there was open water south of South America. In 1616, Dutch navigator Willem Schouten became
3239-672: The United States becoming the third person in the world and the first Lithuanian to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe. Traveller and vlogger Valujavičius set out across the Atlantic from Ayamonte, Spain, on 26 December 2022. His journey lasted for 120 days before he reached his destination, Miami, Florida. Amyr Klink was the first person to row across the South Atlantic , leaving from Lüderitz, Namibia on 9 June 1984 and arriving 101 days later in Salvador, Brazil on 18 September 1984. In September 1987, Don Allum became
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3318-400: The United States rowed solo mainland-to-mainland Dakar , Senegal – Georgetown , Guyana , 2,817 nmi (5,217 km; 3,242 mi) in 70 days. At 22 years and 260 days old, she held the record as the youngest person to row solo across an ocean until 2018 when American Oliver Crane crossed the Atlantic solo at 19 years and 148 days old. The record for the fastest crossing from Africa to
3397-556: The United States set the record for the fastest solo crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean from St John's, Newfoundland , Canada to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly , England, the first American to complete a North Atlantic crossing, aboard the custom built 20 ft (6.1 m) boat Lucille . The journey of 2,302 nmi (4,263 km; 2,649 mi) set a record crossing time of 38 days, 6 hours and 49 minutes from 27 June to 4 August 2018, at an average speed of 2.5 knots (4.6 km/h; 2.9 mph). In 2020, Anna and Cameron Mclean became
3476-461: The West Indies was set in 2011 by a six-man crew aboard Sara G (Matt Craughwell, Fiann Paul , Tomas Cremona, Adam Burke , Rob Byrne and Graham Carlin), with a crossing time of 33 days 21 hours and 46 minutes from Morocco to the West Indies. Sara G travelled at an average speed of 3.386 knots and the highest total number of days rowed above 100 miles per day (16 days). The Atlantic speed record
3555-500: The advent of satellite altimetry data, direct observations in the Drake Passage have not lost their exceptionality. The relative shallowness and narrowness of the passage makes it particularly suitable to assess the validity of horizontally and vertically changing quantities (such as velocity in Ekman's theory ). In addition, the strength of the ACC makes meanders and pinching cold-core cyclonic rings easier to observe. Wildlife in
3634-464: The circulation of water around Antarctica and the global oceanic circulation , as well as the global climate. The bathymetry of the Drake Passage plays an important role in the global mixing of oceanic water. In 1525, Spanish navigator Francisco de Hoces discovered the Drake Passage while sailing south from the entrance of the Strait of Magellan . Because of this, the Drake Passage is referred to as
3713-494: The dangers of sugar in the diet and completed the row having had a diet primarily based on fats and proteins. The married couple, rowing in an open class row boat had completed the race in the second fastest time. Since they were not ready for the first start of the race on 9 June, they started late and posted an official finish time of 53 days, 23 hours, and 43 minutes. The remaining fours crews of Pacific Warriors and Boatylicious were approaching Hawaii as Hurricane Iselle became
3792-485: The distance of more than 17408 km (9400 nautical miles) on the Turgoyak rowboat in just 162 days. On 26 December 2015, British-born Canadian, John Beeden, 53, became the first person to successfully row non-stop, unassisted from North America to Australia covering 7400 nautical miles in 209 days. Beeden had previously completed a non-stop, solo Atlantic crossing in 2011. On 18 June 2019, Jacob Adoram Hendrickson set
3871-601: The existing Arctic Ocean record by a factor of 3.5, despite being buffeted by headwinds 60% of the time according to Paul. Guinness World Records certified Paul to be "First to row 4 Oceans" and "First to hold current speed records on all 4 oceans". The Antarctic or "Impossible" Row was conceived in April 2017. Upon completion of Polar Row II in August 2017, in an interview with The New York Times , Paul vowed he would row an even more difficult route. In September 2017, Paul recruited
3950-551: The first Asian to row the Atlantic solo, nonstop and unsupported from Spain to Antigua . The trip, lasting 106 days, also set the record for the longest solo row across the Atlantic Ocean . A fourteen-man British and Irish crew skippered by Leven Brown aboard La Mondiale set a new world record crossing the mid-Atlantic from east-to-west, Gran Canaria to Barbados, of 33 days, 7 hours, and 30 minutes from 15 December 2007, to 17 January 2008. In 2010, Katie Spotz of
4029-474: The first Great Pacific Race in June 2014—four solo crews, three pairs, and six four-person teams representing ten nationalities. Due to logistical difficulties, some crews did not pass mandatory boat checks before the start of the race, and the decision was taken to operate a split start. Crews who were ready started on 9 June, and the rest departed during the next available weather window on 18 June. Rough weather at
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#17327727407084108-464: The first human ever to row across Atlantic Ocean twice. He started his first row from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands to Antigua at 23 January 2023 and arrived at Antigua on 28 March 2023. He started his second row from St. Johns, Canada at 22 June 2023 and ended his rowing tour at Cuxhaven, Germany 10 October 2023. Kenneth Crutchlow , the founder of ORSI, was the major contributor to popularizing ocean rowing. On 25 April 2023, Aurimas Valujavičius reached
4187-407: The first team members, Andrew Towne and Jamie Douglas-Hamilton. The row was initially scheduled for December 2018 but was postponed due to lack of availability of an assisting vessel. In January 2019 he recruited Cameron Bellamy and John Petersen, and Colin O'Brady in April 2019. O'Brady joined the project without prior rowing, ocean rowing, or seafaring experience to serve as first mate and aid
4266-467: The first to row the Atlantic in both directions, having successfully completed a 77-day solo journey from Newfoundland , Canada to Achill Island , Ireland and having previously rowed from Gran Canaria to Barbados in 1971 with his cousin Geoff Allum, in 73 days. One man holds the world record for both the fastest solo boat to cross the Atlantic and the fastest duo - Dutch Mark Slats crossed
4345-518: The first to sail around Cape Horn and through the Drake Passage. On December 25, 2019, a crew of six explorers successfully rowed across the passage, becoming the first in history to do so. This accomplishment became the subject of a 2020 documentary, The Impossible Row . The Drake Passage opened when Antarctica separated from South America due to plate tectonics , however, there is much debate about when this occurred, with estimates ranging from 49 to 17 million years ago (Ma). The opening had
4424-488: The first woman to row across the Pacific Ocean unassisted. Chris Martin and Mick Dawson rowed a two-man boat from Choshi, Japan to San Francisco Harbour, USA in 2009. Their journey took 189 days and in doing so they achieved the Guinness World Record for being the first team to row across the North Pacific Ocean. From 10 July 2007 to 17 May 2008 Erden Eruç rowed westward from Bodega Bay, California for
4503-411: The global circulation. It has been hypothesised that the extra-mixing can be ascribed to breaking of internal waves ( Lee waves ). When a stratified fluid reaches an internal obstacle, a wave is created that can eventually break, mixing the fluid's layers. It has been estimated that the diapycnal diffusivity in the Drake Passage is ~20 times the value immediately to the west in the Pacific sector of
4582-449: The global climate. Major features of the modern ocean’s temperature and salinity fields, including the overall thermal asymmetry between the hemispheres, the relative saltiness of deep water formed in the northern hemisphere, and the existence of a transequatorial conveyor circulation, develop after Drake Passage is opened. The importance of an open Drake Passage extends farther than the Southern Ocean latitudes. The Roaring Forties and
4661-553: The initial Great Pacific Race was CC4 Pacific. Being several hundred miles behind Boatylicious, the French cousins aboard the classic pairs boat missed Hurricane Iselle but were asked by the race organizers to deploy their parachute anchor to prevent them from rowing into the path of Hurricane Julio which was close behind. CC4 Pacific encountered severe weather with winds in excess of fifty kn (93 km/h; 58 mph) and seas over 20 ft (6.1 m). The boat never capsized and
4740-496: The oceans. Several studies have linked the current shape of the Drake Passage to an effective Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). Models have been run with different widths and depths of the Drake Passage, and consequent changes in the global oceanic circulation and temperature distribution have been analyzed: It appears that the "conveyor belt" of the global thermohaline circulation appears only in presence of an open Drake Passage, subject to wind forcing . With
4819-402: The only human-powered crossing of the Southern Ocean and, as a result, no speed record was adjudicated due to lack of competition. Paul achieved the highest success rate in the history of ocean rowing, measuring the number of attempted-speed-records to successful expeditions. He was on stroke position for each row, the role that sets the boat's pace. His total effort performed in ocean rowing
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#17327727407084898-506: The pair completed the race in 75 days, 9 hours, and 25 minutes. The only soloist remaining at sea after the first few weeks of the race, Elsa Hammond, and her boat Darien were recovered by one of the race's support yachts, far off course, 60 nmi (110 km; 69 mi) south of Isla Guadalupe, Mexico after 52 days at sea. The fastest crossing westbound to Hawaii was set in 2016 by the winning team of Uniting Nations (Carlo Facchino, Fiann Paul , Cyril Derreumaux, and Thiago Silva) with
4977-466: The project financially. The row took 12 days, 1 hour and 45 minutes, with the team experiencing sub-zero temperatures, snow, hail, and giant ice bergs unique to Antarctica. The row was completed on December 25, 2019, with the team accomplishing three historical feats: being the first to row across the Drake Passage , the first to row to the Antarctic, and the first to row in the Southern Ocean. The row
5056-546: The race and the first fours team to ever row the Pacific was Team Uniting Nations comprising rowers from the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea and Great Britain. They completed the course in 43 days, 5 hours, and 30 minutes. Second place in the race was Team Battleborn who finished just 14 hours behind. The fours team NOMAN finished in third place just ahead of the first pairs team, Fat Chance Row. Sami Inkinen and Meredith Loring of Fat Chance Row were rowing to promote
5135-509: The record as the oldest solo ocean rower in 2015 at 66 years 323 days old, while Diana Hoff of the United Kingdom set the record as the oldest female solo ocean rower in 2000 at 55 years 135 days old. Dianne Carrington and Peter Smith, both of the United Kingdom, hold the records for the oldest female and male ocean rowers among rowing teams at 61 years 349 days (2018) and 74 years 217 days (2016), respectively. In 2018, Bryce Carlson of
5214-557: The record for the fastest solo Atlantic crossing in 2007, from Dakar to Brazil in 36 days and 6 hours. Charles Hedrich is also the first man to complete a double Atlantic crossing nonstop, rowing solo and unassisted. Leaving from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon , his path took him eastward across the North Atlantic to the Canary Islands , and then westward back to Martinique . The expedition lasted 145 days and 22 hours, ending on 1 December 2012. On 14 June 2007, Bhavik Gandhi became
5293-535: The same class. Drake Passage The Drake Passage is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn , Chile, Argentina, and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica . It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean ( Scotia Sea ) with the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean and extends into the Southern Ocean . The passage is named after the 16th-century English explorer and privateer Sir Francis Drake . The Drake Passage
5372-487: The southern extremity of South America — the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel — have frequent narrows , leaving little maneuvering room for a ship, as well as unpredictable winds and tidal currents. Most sailing ships thus prefer the Drake Passage, which is open water for hundreds of miles. No significant land sits at the latitudes of the Drake Passage. This is important to the unimpeded eastward flow of
5451-680: The start line in a "one design" rowing boat just outside Los Gigantes marina on Sunday 12 October 1997. The race was won by Kiwi Challenge , rowed by Rob Hamill and Phil Stubbs after 41 days at sea. Second place went to the French crew of Atlantik Challenge , Joseph Le Guen and his partner, a double convicted murderer, Pascal Blond. Later Atlantic rowing races: Following his successful Atlantic Ocean crossing, John Fairfax set off from San Francisco in California on 26 April 1971 with Sylvia Cook . After three stops (in Mexico , Fanning Island and
5530-406: The start prompted several of the entrants to retire in the first few days. The pairs team Clearly Contacts retired after 10 mi (16 km) due to sea sickness and rowed back to Monterey. The solo entrant, Daryl Farmer, also accepted a tow by one of the race support boats after severe sea sickness that lasted several days. Other crews retired early for various reasons. The crew of Pacific Rowers
5609-452: The strongest oceanic current, with an estimated transport of 100–150 Sv ( Sverdrups , million m /s). This flow is the only large-scale exchange occurring between the global oceans, and the Drake passage is the narrowest passage on its flow around Antarctica. As such, a significant amount of research has been done in understanding how the shape of the Drake passage ( bathymetry and width) affects
5688-547: The width of the Pacific Ocean solo was Peter Bird of Britain. Bird set off from San Francisco, California and arrived at the Great Barrier Reef Australia 294 days later on 14 June 1983. Bird would later die attempting the west to east journey across the Pacific. Briton Jim Shekhdar later made the claim to be "the first person to row across the Pacific single-handed". Shekhdar had rowed across
5767-462: The world's first brother and sister team to row any ocean. They achieved this by rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in 43 days, 15 hours and 22 minutes. In February 2021, 21-year-old Jasmine Harrison of Thirsk, North Yorkshire became the youngest woman ever to row across the Atlantic Ocean. Harrison rowed from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua in the West Indies in 70 days, three hours and 48 minutes. The fastest team of eight to row across
5846-496: Was compared to consecutively running approximately 300 marathons. In an interview with The Washington Times , he mentioned that his resting heart rate during off-shift times throughout the record-breaking crossings was 95 BPM , almost twice the normal resting heart rate. In 2011, Paul acted as a stroke of Sara G which earned the title of "the Fastest Boat in ocean rowing history", established an overall speed record for
5925-410: Was rescued by a USCG helicopter when their boat started to take on water after a few days at sea. One of the support vessels for the race had arrived at the scene but was unable to recover the crew due to the severe weather. The USCG rescue swimmer said it was, "the most challenging rescue I've ever had." Of the thirteen crews that started the race, seven successfully made it to Honolulu. The winner of
6004-471: Was the Atlantic by Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo , two Norwegian-born Americans, in June 1896. The pair left Battery Park , Manhattan , on 6 June 1896, arriving on the Isles of Scilly , 55 days and 13 hours later, having covered 3,250 nautical miles (3,740 mi; 6,020 km). They continued to row to Le Havre , France . No such crossing would be officially attempted again for 70 years' time, and, in
6083-483: Was the first of four speed records earning Fiann Paul the Guinness World Record of "The first person to hold current speed records on four oceans" in 2017. From 10 October 2011 to 11 March 2012, Erden Eruç set the record for the longest distance rowed across the Atlantic, solo and nonstop, crossing from Lüderitz , Namibia to Güiria , Venezuela along a route of 5,029 nmi (9,314 km; 5,787 mi) in 153 + 1 ⁄ 2 days. Gerard Marie of France set
6162-404: Was the first team from Asia to row across the Atlantic Ocean. With an average age of 23.5, the four students from Shantou University became the youngest team ever to row across the Atlantic. Before attending university, they had no experience in ocean rowing. The fastest Atlantic crossing by a female crew of three was 42 days, 7 hours, 17 minutes between 12 December 2021 and 23 January 2022 over
6241-803: Was the subject of a 2020 Discovery Channel documentary, The Impossible Row . In 2019, Fiann Paul was appointed a coordinator for Ocean Rowing Society International , the governing body for international ocean rowing. In 2020, he was awarded an Honorary Master Mariner from the Association of Master Mariners at the Gdynia Maritime University in Gdynia , Poland. Master Mariner is the highest seafarer qualification, and in Poland, one needs to study for approximately 8 years to achieve this qualification. In 2021, Paul pro-bono developed
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