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…
10nm might not feel like a long way and you’d be forgiven for thinking that our teams, who are only separated by around 10nm, would be able to see each other, or at least see each other’s navigation lights at night. Sadly as the earth is a sphere, or to be more precise an oblate…
It’s been getting busy out on the Atlantic and Oceans Elite have reported that the tanker they saw today was the third ship they’ve seen in the last three days. Those of you who have tuned into the yb races app and the tracking screen on this website will of course have spotted just how…
When ocean rowers talk about having visitors we normally expect them to have seen a container ship or some other form of commercial freighter. It is unusual for them to come into contact with a luxury yacht on it’s way to the Caribbean for the winter season but for one of our crews got lucky….
We have shocking and deeply distressing news to report from Ocean’s Elite. They are running low on tea. The shear magnitude of this startling revelation cannot be underestimated. Those with a military background will understand the restorative powers of a hot wet (hot drink). It boosts morale, sharpens mental focus and gives a team something…