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The first ocean to be deliberately rowed across was the Atlantic by Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo, two Norwegian-born Americans, in June 1896.The pair left Battery Park, Manhattan, on 6 June 1896, arriving on the Isles of Scilly, 55 days and 13 hours later, having covered 3,250 nautical miles (3,740 mi; 6,020 km).
The Ocean Rowing Society (from 2006 – International) was founded in 1983 by Kenneth Frank Crutchlow, with support of an ocean rower Peter Bird. The reason, that urged them to do it, was a letter from a French journalist, asking if there existed a list of British ocean rowers.
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Don Lennox (born 1967) is a Guinness World Record holding Scottish ocean rower. [1] Born in Lanark, Scotland, Lennox worked as an architectural model-maker before returning to school at the age of 30 to qualify in Sports Therapy at the City of Glasgow College. Since then, he has worked in the fitness industry as a personal trainer, professional ...
Frank Samuelsen (26 February 1870 – 1946) and George Harbo (14 September 1864 – 1909) were Norwegian-Americans who in 1896 became the first people ever to row across an ocean. Their time record for rowing the North Atlantic Ocean was not broken for 114 years, and then by four rowers instead of two.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Rowing is the use of oars to propel a boat ... Ocean rowing (2 C, 5 P) Rowing organizations (3 C, ...
Jim Shekhdar (born 13 November 1946) [1] is a British ocean rower and was the first person to complete a solo unassisted non-stop crossing of the Pacific Ocean. Career [ edit ]
Coastal and offshore rowing is a rowing sport performed at sea. In North America, this sport is often called open water rowing. In North America, this sport is often called open water rowing. Due to conditions at sea, coastal and offshore rowers may face difficult circumstances compared to river or lake rowers.