Rowing Stones are on final approach into Barbados. They have 15 nm between them and the finish line and half of that will be from the northern point of the island down the west coast to Port St Charles. The crew will have spent the night rowing and looking over their shoulder at the lights…
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.
We’ll cover Ocean’s Elite’s arrival in their own post but we haven’t forgotten about Rowing Stones at all. They continue to battle on superbly showing determination and strength with every oar stroke. The team remain ever alert for danger and are maybe a little bit more on edge than the battle hardened veterans of Ocean’s…
After seven weeks at sea our crews have had some incredible experiences over the last 7 weeks at sea. Whales, dolphins, sunrises, sunsets, storms and squalls. Finally it’s fair to say that the crews are now on approach to Barbados. This doesn’t come without it’s own risks. As the sea gets more shallow the waves…
As the crews continue making their approach towards Barbados they are entering an area known as the Sargasso Sea. It’s a huge area of the Atlantic Ocean where floating seaweed is prevalent, and the crews have been rowing through it over the last few days. The prevalence of these blooms of seaweed have increased dramatically…
We’re getting closer now to preparing for the arrival of the crews. Many family members have been in touch asking about when we think the crews will be arriving into Barbados. The crews will be arriving into Port St Charles which is on the North Western side of Barbados. The YB tracker does give an…
Both crews continue to make excellent progress and they’ve both been able to hit a significant milestone. They both now have under 1000nm to go. The ocean will still form their horizon for the future weeks. The main difference for the rowers will be a critical change in what they see during their time on…
it seems unlikely that ocean rowing boats would be able to surf and yet that’s exactly what Oceans Elite have been able to do recently. To be able to surf an ocean rowing boat needs some various elements to come together. Firstly you need waves. Sounds obvious right, but they need to be big enough…
Our crews have been focussing on speed. Both crews have been working on reducing weight wherever they can with the aim to increasing their speed. It’s fascinating that both crews have had the same focus at exactly the same time. The central lockers of the boat are sealed from the rest of the boat and…
It’s five weeks since the crews departed Gran Canaria. Since then they have Electrical, mechanical, physical, mental, emotional, wind, wave, ocean current, nutritional, heat, sun exposure. Crews have overcome so many different types of challenges thrown at them by the ocean over the last 35 days and they have come out gleaming so far. The…