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# Nationality Male Female Total C I
Total 1755 391 2146 2022 704
United Kingdom 1027 223 1250 1190 354
United States 144 40 184 160 72
France 128 19 147 144 70
Ireland 63 10 73 59 31
Australia 41 11 52 38 21
Netherlands 27 18 45 57 10
South Africa 33 4 37 33 12
Canada 23 11 34 25 19
Switzerland 23 8 31 33 2
New Zealand 23 4 27 29 9
Germany 16 8 24 19 7
Denmark 18 6 24 31 4
Norway 16 6 22 22 2
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
Poland 5 0 5 6 1
Iceland 5 0 5 7 4
Brazil 4 1 5 2 1
Faroe Islands 4 0 4 3 3
Finland 4 0 4 3 1
Austria 2 2 4 5 1
Jersey 0 4 4 4 0
Lithuania 3 0 3 2 3
Portugal 3 0 3 2 3
Bulgaria 3 0 3 3 3
Ukraine 3 0 3 4 2
Italy 3 0 3 3 2
United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 2 1
India 2 0 2 2 2
Barbados 2 0 2 3 0
Bahrain 2 0 2 0 2
Serbia 1 1 2 2 0
Japan 2 0 2 2 1
Egypt 2 0 2 0 2
Latvia 2 0 2 4 1
Croatia 2 0 2 2 2
Zimbabwe 2 0 2 1 1
French Guiana 2 0 2 3 0
Slovenia 1 1 2 1 0
Malta 2 0 2 2 0
Gibraltar 2 0 2 0 3
Guatemala 1 0 1 1 0
Korea 1 0 1 1 0
Lebanon 1 0 1 1 0
Mexico 1 0 1 1 0
Oman 1 0 1 1 0
Argentina 1 0 1 0 2
Hong Kong 1 0 1 0 1
Georgia 1 0 1 1 0
Turkey 1 0 1 6 5
Uruguay 0 1 1 1 0
Greece 1 0 1 1 0
Kyrgyzstan 1 0 1 0 4

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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
Jaques Busson FR / M / 34 1942-04-10
Expedition Number Status Race / Ind Depart Arrival From To Duration Distance
[NM]		 Avg. S
[kt] 		Age at
start
60
C
B
 I 25 Mar 1992 00:00 29 Apr 1992 08:30 Santa-Crus-de-la-Palma (ES) Martinique (MQ) 35d 8h 30m 2544 3 49y 350d
35
 2544 1
1
Norman Beech Norman Beech UK / M / 468 1959-12-03
446
C
 R 04 Jan 2010 00:00 27 Mar 2010 00:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 82d 0h 0m 2554 1.3 50y 32d
Related: James Beech (son);
82
 2554 1
1
Craig Forsyth Craig Forsyth UK / M / 1290 1970-10-24
962
C
U
 R 12 Dec 2020 10:35 23 Feb 2021 18:37 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 73d 8h 2m 2549 1.45 50y 49d
73
 2549 1
1
Graham Walters Graham Walters UK / M / 60 1947-07-17
87
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 13 Dec 1997 04:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 62d 4h 0m 2550 1.71 50y 87d
156
C
 R 07 Oct 2001 00:00 23 Dec 2001 21:02 Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 77d 21h 2m 2554 1.37 54y 82d
215
C
 I 29 Oct 2003 00:00 26 Jan 2004 06:15 Playa Santiago (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 89d 6h 15m 2529 1.18 56y 104d
291
Ic
 I 30 Jan 2006 00:29 05 Feb 2006 00:29 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) El Hierro (ES) 6d 0h 0m 46 0.32 58y 197d
331
C
 I 03 Feb 2007 00:00 13 May 2007 08:38 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) St Barts (BL) 99d 8h 38m 2842 1.19 59y 201d
728
I
 I 29 Jan 2016 00:00 14 Feb 2016 23:00 Puerto de Mogan (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 16d 23h 0m 1500 3.69 68y 196d
772
I
 I 18 Feb 2017 00:00 20 Feb 2017 00:00 Puerto de Mogan (ES) Puerto de Mogan (ES) 2d 0h 0m 43 0.9 69y 216d
943
C
T
 I 25 Jan 2020 07:00 29 Apr 2020 15:00 Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 95d 8h 0m 2631 1.15 72y 192d
Links: wiki;
448
 14695 1
5
Vladimir Maximov Vladimir Maximov RU / M / 764 1964-08-15
669
C
 I 16 Nov 2014 09:30 15 Mar 2015 13:47 Lisbon (PT) Barbados (BB) 119d 4h 17m 3068 1.07 50y 93d
119
 3068 1
1
David Martin UK / M / 278 1955-08-16
279
C
 R 30 Nov 2005 00:00 18 Jan 2006 14:21 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 49d 14h 21m 2554 2.15 50y 106d
50
 2554 1
1
David Rice David Rice UK / M / 74 1947-06-22
94
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 06 Dec 1997 03:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 55d 3h 0m 2550 1.93 50y 112d
Related: Nadia Rice (wife);
55
 2550 1
1
Keiichi Iwasaki Keiichi Iwasaki JP / M / 1630 1972-09-20
1133
C
T
 I 14 Jan 2023 09:27 23 Jan 2023 04:13 Lagos (PT) Mohammedia (MA) 8d 18h 46m 213 1.01 50y 116d
1133
C
T
 I 17 Feb 2023 08:00 20 Feb 2023 15:30 Mohammedia (MA) El Jadida (MA) 3d 7h 30m 62 0.78 50y 150d
1133
C
T
 I 02 Mar 2023 11:28 14 Mar 2023 10:24 El Jadida (MA) Puerto del Rosario, Gran Canaria (ES) 11d 22h 56m 397 1.39 50y 163d
1133
C
T
 I 06 Apr 2023 08:07 23 Jun 2023 11:51 Puerto del Rosario, Gran Canaria (ES) Paramaribo (SR) 78d 3h 44m 2711 1.45 50y 198d
102
 3383 1
1
Sidney Genders Sidney Genders UK / M / 9 1919-01-31
12
H
I
 I 28 May 1969 00:00 15 Jun 1969 00:00 Fort Wrath (UK) Fort Wrath (UK) 18d 0h 0m 104 0.24 50y 117d
13
C
H
W
ms
 I 11 Sep 1969 00:00 18 Nov 1969 00:00 Sennen Cove (UK) Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES) 68d 0h 0m 1477 0.91 50y 223d
13
C
H
W
ms
 I 25 Dec 1969 00:00 08 Mar 1970 08:00 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES) English Harbour (AG) 73d 8h 0m 2639 1.5 50y 328d
13
C
H
W
ms
 I 08 Mar 1970 08:00 02 Apr 1970 08:00 English Harbour (AG) Miami (US) 25d 0h 0m 1155 1.93 51y 36d
184
 5375 1
1
Steve Chetcuti Steve Chetcuti MT / M / 1341 1970-10-27
986
C
 I 01 Mar 2021 16:15 22 Apr 2021 11:16 Portimao (PT) Kourou (GF) 51d 19h 1m 3083 2.48 50y 125d
52
 3083 1
1
Peter Hogden Peter Hogden UK / M / 54 1947-05-19
82
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 09 Dec 1997 15:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 58d 15h 0m 2550 1.81 50y 146d
59
 2550 1
1
Nadia Rice Nadia Rice UK / F / 75 1947-04-17
94
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 06 Dec 1997 03:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 55d 3h 0m 2550 1.93 50y 178d
Related: David Rice (husband);
55
 2550 1
1
Abbie Orton Abbie Orton UK / F / 0 1974-09-15
1231
P
 I 04 Jun 2025 08:00 Eyemouth (UK) 50y 262d
0
 0 0
0
Fedor Konyukhov Fedor Konyukhov RU / M / 176 1951-12-12
185
C
 I 16 Oct 2002 00:00 01 Dec 2002 04:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 46d 4h 0m 2534 2.29 50y 308d
616
I
 I 14 Dec 2013 09:45 18 Dec 2013 09:45 Concon (CL) Concon (CL) 4d 0h 0m 0 0 62y 2d
618
C
M
 I 22 Dec 2013 12:15 31 May 2014 05:13 Concon (CL) Mooloobala (AU) 159d 16h 58m 6407 1.67 62y 10d
853
C
T
 I 06 Dec 2018 07:08 09 May 2019 07:08 Port Chalmers (NZ) Diego Ramirez (CL) 154d 0h 0m 3980 1.08 66y 359d
Links: wiki;
364
 12921 2
3
Michele Cassano Michele Cassano IT / M / 1972-02-03
1126
I
 I 30 Dec 2022 00:00 02 Jan 2023 00:00 Arrecife, Lanzarote (ES) Pointe-à-Pitre (GP) 3d 0h 0m 120 1.67 50y 330d
3
 120 0
0
Jim Shekhdar Jim Shekhdar UK / M / 97 1946-11-13
106
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 18:00 20 Dec 1997 00:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 68d 6h 0m 2550 1.56 50y 333d
129
C
 I 29 Jun 2000 00:00 29 Mar 2001 13:12 Ilo (PE) N Sradbroke (AU) 273d 13h 12m 7038 1.07 53y 229d
197
I
 I 16 Oct 2003 00:00 16 Oct 2003 18:20 Bluff (NZ) Bluff (NZ) 0d 18h 20m 43 2.39 56y 337d
216
I
 I 04 Nov 2003 00:00 18 Nov 2003 00:00 Bluff (NZ) Bluff (NZ) 14d 0h 0m 0 0 56y 356d
Links: wiki;
357
 9631 2
2
Janette Benaddi UK / F / 833 1964-10-20
719
C
 R 20 Dec 2015 09:00 25 Feb 2016 14:02 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 67d 5h 2m 2549 1.58 51y 61d
67
 2549 1
1
Steve Gardner Steve Gardner UK / M / 355 1956-09-18
350
C
 R 02 Dec 2007 00:00 26 Jan 2008 12:42 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 55d 12h 42m 2554 1.92 51y 75d
56
 2554 1
1
Gilles Ponthieux Gilles Ponthieux FR / M / 426 1957-11-23
397
C
M
 R 08 Mar 2009 00:00 24 Apr 2009 03:35 Saint Louis (SN) Saint Laurent (GF) 47d 3h 35m 2297 2.03 51y 105d
820
C
 I 14 Dec 2017 17:00 04 Feb 2018 17:30 Gran Canaria (ES) Martinique (MQ) 52d 0h 30m 2662 2.13 60y 21d
99
 4959 1
2
Kerry Blandin UK / M / 145 1950-06-12
164
C
 R 07 Oct 2001 00:00 08 Dec 2001 05:42 Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 62d 5h 42m 2554 1.71 51y 117d
Related: Paul Perchard (nephew);
62
 2554 1
1
Klara Anstey Klara Anstey UK / F / 0 1972-12-27
1218
I
 I 02 Jun 2024 14:00 01 Jun 2025 00:00 Charleston, Boston (US) Tower Bridge (UK) 363d 10h 0m 3010 0.35 51y 158d
363
 3010 0
0
Peter Kavanagh Peter Kavanagh IE / M / 69 1946-03-21
91
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 09 Dec 1997 04:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 58d 4h 0m 2550 1.83 51y 205d
Related: Eamonn Kavanagh (brother);
58
 2550 1
1
Dugald Macdonald Dugald Macdonald ZA / M / 133 1950-01-20
158
C
 R 07 Oct 2001 00:00 17 Dec 2001 18:30 Playa San Juan Tenerife (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 71d 18h 30m 2554 1.48 51y 260d
72
 2554 1
1
John Zeigler John Zeigler US / M / 124 1949-12-24
153
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 51y 287d
58
 2554 1
1
Richard Kohler Richard Kohler ZA / M / 1970-01-22
1046
U
I
K
 I 18 Dec 2021 00:00 04 Jan 2022 00:00 Cape Town (ZA) Salvador (BR) 17d 0h 0m 690 1.69 51y 330d
1122
K
M
 I 18 Dec 2022 07:00 19 Feb 2023 13:58 Cape Town (ZA) Salvador (BR) 63d 6h 58m 3332 2.19 52y 330d
80
 4022 0
0
Stein Hoff Stein Hoff NO / M / 93 1945-08-29
104
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 18:00 20 Dec 1997 00:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 68d 6h 0m 2550 1.56 52y 44d
184
C
M
 I 10 Aug 2002 00:00 14 Nov 2002 12:45 Belem (PT) Georgetown (GY) 96d 12h 45m 3279 1.42 56y 346d
734
I
 I 15 May 2016 00:00 06 Aug 2016 06:00 Battery Park, New York (US) Battery Park, New York (US) 83d 6h 0m 0 0 70y 260d
248
 5829 1
2
Neil Blackeby Neil Blackeby UK / M / 810 1961-09-15
611
I
 R 04 Dec 2013 13:00 04 Dec 2013 13:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 0d 0h 0m 1 0 52y 80d
708
C
 R 20 Dec 2015 09:00 24 Feb 2016 00:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 65d 15h 0m 2549 1.62 54y 96d
1065
U
I
 I 28 May 2022 14:00 19 Aug 2022 05:30 Fort Lauderdale (US) Tórshavn (FO) 82d 15h 30m 2765 1.39 60y 255d
1158
C
U
 R 12 Jun 2023 14:39 02 Aug 2023 20:23 Monterey, California (US) Hanalei, Kauai (US) 51d 5h 44m 2131 1.73 61y 270d
200
 7446 2
2
Dominique Humeau Dominique Humeau FR / M / 1971-10-11
1208
I
 I 05 Jan 2024 08:00 08 Jan 2024 12:00 El Hierro (ES) Le Francois (MQ) 3d 4h 0m 62 0.82 52y 86d
3
 62 0
0
Jan Female Jan Female UK / M / 83 1944-12-14
99
C
 R 12 Oct 1997 00:00 21 Jan 1998 00:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 101d 0h 0m 2550 1.05 52y 302d
Related: Daniel Byles (son);
101
 2550 1
1
Stephanie Toogood Stephanie Toogood US / F / 1969-07-03
1066
I
 R 12 Jun 2022 12:00 25 Jun 2022 21:00 Tower Bridge (UK) Tower Bridge (UK) 13d 9h 0m 550 1.71 52y 344d
13
 550 0
0
Guy Griffiths Guy Griffiths UK / M / 563 1957-12-27
493
C
 I 31 Jan 2011 00:00 14 Mar 2011 17:54 Puerto de Mogan (ES) Port St. Charles (BB) 42d 17h 54m 2601 2.54 53y 35d
43
 2601 1
1
Darren Saunders Darren Saunders UK / M / 1969-04-12
1067
T
I
 R 12 Jun 2022 12:00 25 Jun 2022 23:00 Tower Bridge (UK) Tower Bridge (UK) 13d 11h 0m 745 2.31 53y 61d
13
 745 0
0
Craig Forsyth Craig Forsyth UK / M / 1970-10-24
1214
I
 I 14 Apr 2024 07:00 15 Apr 2024 01:00 Thurso (UK) Wick (UK) 0d 18h 0m 32 1.78 53y 173d
1
 32 0
0
Liu Yong Liu Yong CN / M / 1638 1969-06-30
1136
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 53y 214d
54
 2507 1
1
Malcolm Auchie Malcolm Auchie UK / M / 0 1969-04-08
1077
Ic
 I 09 Nov 2022 00:12 04 Dec 2022 09:00 Portimao (PT) Arrecife, Lanzarote (ES) 25d 8h 48m 550 0.9 53y 215d
Related: Debbie Brown (wife);
25
 550 0
0
Clair Fennessy Clair Fennessy UK / F / 1646 1969-07-04
1144
C
 R 04 Jun 2023 14:00 19 Jul 2023 10:19 Tower Bridge (UK) Tower Bridge. (UK) 44d 20h 19m 1483 1.38 53y 335d
45
 1483 0
0
Laura Plumb Laura Plumb UK / F / 0 1971-06-03
1231
P
 I 04 Jun 2025 08:00 Eyemouth (UK) 54y 1d
0
 0 0
0
Simon Anthony Watson Simon Anthony Watson UK / M / 1971-04-01
1231
P
 I 04 Jun 2025 08:00 Eyemouth (UK) 54y 64d
0
 0 0
0
Lewis Mills Lewis Mills US / M / 1913-01-01
8
H
I
 I 17 Mar 1967 12:00 19 Mar 1967 00:00 Gloucester, Mass (US) St. Mary's (UK) 1d 12h 0m 0 0 54y 75d
1
 0 0
0
Mike Burton Mike Burton UK / M / 699 1959-09-11
614
C
 R 04 Dec 2013 13:00 14 Jan 2014 15:38 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) English Harbour (AG) 41d 2h 38m 2549 2.59 54y 84d
770
C
 I 10 Jan 2017 10:00 11 Mar 2017 16:58 Puerto de Mogan (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 60d 6h 58m 2624 1.81 57y 121d
101
 5173 1
2
Tim Bradbury Tim Bradbury UK / M / 296 1951-08-07
289
C
 I 29 Jan 2006 00:00 21 May 2006 00:00 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 112d 0h 0m 2554 0.95 54y 175d
112
 2554 1
1
Elaine Theaker UK / F / 966 1963-06-16
801
C
 R 14 Dec 2017 00:00 12 Feb 2018 18:34 San Sebastian, La Gomera (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 60d 18h 34m 2554 1.75 54y 181d
1158
C
U
 R 12 Jun 2023 14:39 02 Aug 2023 20:23 Monterey, California (US) Hanalei, Kauai (US) 51d 5h 44m 2131 1.73 59y 361d
112
 4685 2
2
Guy Minshull Guy Minshull UK / M / 1777 1969-06-28
1207
C
 R 03 Jan 2024 10:48 25 Feb 2024 05:23 Rubicon Marina, Lanzarote (ES) Jolly Harbour, Antigua (AG) 52d 18h 35m 2731 2.16 54y 189d
53
 2731 1
1
Mike Donovan Mike Donovan UK / M / 1786 1969-11-26
1221
C
 I 20 Jun 2024 04:45 06 Aug 2024 01:46 Presido Yacht Club, San Francisco Bay (US) Waikiki (US) 46d 21h 1m 2079 1.85 54y 207d
47
 2079 1
1
Werner Ilić Werner Ilić HR / M / 1492 1967-06-18
1054
C
 I 30 Jan 2022 10:10 22 Apr 2022 08:30 Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES) Barbados (BB) 81d 22h 20m 2603 1.32 54y 226d
82
 2603 1
1
Russell Davis Russell Davis UK / M / 1775 1969-01-16
1206
C
 I 01 Dec 2023 17:10 21 Dec 2023 07:15 Sagres (PT) Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES) 19d 14h 5m 625 1.33 54y 319d
1206
C
 I 26 Dec 2023 17:10 07 Mar 2024 16:16 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (ES) Falmouth Harbour (AG) 71d 23h 6m 2639 1.53 54y 344d
92
 3264 1
1
Karen Weekes Karen Weekes IE / F / 1376 1966-12-30
1009
C
 I 06 Dec 2021 11:04 24 Feb 2022 20:49 Gran Canaria (ES) Barbados (BB) 80d 9h 45m 2618 1.36 54y 341d
80
 2618 1
1
Martin Cruickshank Martin Cruickshank HR / M / 1491 1960-12-09
694
I
 I 23 Nov 2015 13:45 19 Jan 2016 13:45 Sagres (PT) Arrecife, Lanzarote (ES) 57d 0h 0m 974 0.71 54y 349d
752
I
 I 29 Nov 2016 10:00 09 Feb 2017 10:00 Puerto de Mogan (ES) Puerto de Mogan (ES) 72d 0h 0m 2036 1.18 55y 356d
1054
C
 I 30 Jan 2022 10:10 22 Apr 2022 08:30 Pasito Blanco, Gran Canaria (ES) Barbados (BB) 81d 22h 20m 2603 1.32 61y 52d
Related: Fenella McAlister (sister);
211
 5613 1
1
Richard Jones Richard Jones US / M / 105 1943-07-07
112
I
 I 24 Sep 1998 00:00 27 Sep 1998 00:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Los Gigantes (ES) 3d 0h 0m 0 0 55y 79d
133
C
 I 10 Oct 2000 00:00 20 Feb 2001 00:00 Los Gigantes (ES) Ragged Island (BS) 133d 0h 0m 3193 1 57y 95d
136
 3193 1
1
John Lowry John Lowry US / M / 0 1969-02-24
1218
I
 I 02 Jun 2024 14:00 01 Jun 2025 00:00 Charleston, Boston (US) Tower Bridge (UK) 363d 10h 0m 3010 0.35 55y 99d
363
 3010 0
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