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…
Contemplating NYE on an ocean rowing boat is certainly a unique proposition. There’s not much to consider in terms of who to invite. We’d expect that every member of the crew will be awake to celebrate the arrival of 2025. Activities will be limited to rowing or calling family and friends at home and as…
It’s a marathon not a sprint was one of the main focusses we briefed the team on before departure. Unsurprisingly rowing for 12 hours a day and then there’s the real job of squeezing in eating, drinking, cleaning, getting dressed and undressed, sending messages home and resting / sleeping in the other 12 hours. This…
The topic for today has got to be unrelenting. For the crews this challenge doesn’t stop until they touch land in Barbados. Even when they’re not on the oars there’s no chance for the crews to really relax. Even when not rowing they will be thinking about their course, food, water, voltage of the batteries,…
The wildlife for the crews on this trip just keeps coming and coming. Rowing Stones saw three dolphins swimming in the waves yesterday but they didn’t stop for a closer look and overnight there were a load of random fish and plankton all around the boat reflecting the moonshine. It sounds absolutely magical. With so…
After the excesses of their festive period the crews have returned to the oars (not that they took much of a break anyway, but a change is as good as a holiday) with renewed passion and focus. Both teams have enjoyed meeting new things in the last 24 hours. Ocean’s Elite have seen their first…
The weather is being rather well behaved at the moment. Not too strong but still in a helpful direction. We feel sure that despite their distance from land and loved ones that the post Christmas party is still going on for our teams. The distances the crews have rowed towards Barbados has definitely gone down…
Happy Christmas to all our followers and supporters. What a unique and special day our crews will be enjoying today. There’s nothing like spending Christmas in a different place and although I know that all the rowers will be thinking of their family and friends today and wishing that they could be sat down with…
At this point, it’s clear that both crews are finding it tough. The excitement and adrenaline of departure and the first few weeks at sea has long since departed. Barbados is still so far away as to be unimaginable and unsurprisingly rowing for 12 hours a day is exhausting. These are the hard miles and…
It’s been a wet and wild time of it for both crews over the last week or so. The winds have been particularly intense and blown hard for a long time. This in turn has caused the waves to pick up and be more aggressive. This in turn leads to an increase in stress for…