Atlantic. Done!
After 50 days 8 hours and 55 minutes, Ocean’s Elite have successfully completed Mission Atlantic and have arrived into Barbados.
We’ll write more in this post later but for now all that needs to be done is for us all to celebrate a job well done by our veteran team.
Although wind and waves aren’t great it’s the cloud which can be an ocean rower’s worst enemy. Without sun falling onto the solar panels the crews have to start being a little cautious about how they manage the power which is available onboard. They do have two sizable batteries onboard to allow the boat to…
We are really looking forward to a new scale of Mission Atlantic in 2024. We’ve already got two crews committed to the event and are expecting at least 2 more to come and join our very special community. This site will become the prime location for all the latest news and conversation regarding Mission Atlantic…
Those of you who have been closely following the YB tracker may have noticed the recent dip in speed of Rowing Stones followed shortly afterwards by the recent increase in speed of Ocean’s Elite. It’s almost as though the crews were playing a video game where their boat goes over a speed booster, and in…
Yesterday was a day of fixing systems for both crews. This feels a little bit like a right of passage in some ways. The first week was marked by the crews becoming accustomed to their environment, being challenged by the wind and waves and discovering their new normal. The second week has been marked by…
Happy 2025 to all our readers. New Year Celebrations onboard an ocean rowing boat can be a rather muted affair. Although this will of course be a unique celebration for all rowers and one which won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Rowing Stones were planning on cracking open one of the last remaining cans of coca…
It’s about now that we can start to think about relaxing…a bit. The crews have both made some excellent progress away from Gran Canaria and are now progressing out into open waters where the waves will start to become less choppy and more rolling. The reports coming back from the crews continue to be encouraging…