{"id":101018,"date":"2024-12-18T02:16:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T02:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/?p=101018"},"modified":"2024-12-18T13:05:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T13:05:12","slug":"ocean-rowing-roundup-for-december-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/ocean-rowing-roundup-for-december-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Rowing Roundup for December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since our last<a href=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/ocean-rowing-roundup-for-november-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> roundup,<\/a> two events have begun in the Atlantic, and 39 crews are racing from the Canary Islands to either Barbados or Antigua. Three soloists are still battling across the world&#8217;s oceans.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Atlantic Ocean<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>World\u2019s Toughest Row:<\/strong> The 2024 World\u2019s Toughest Row &#8212; previously known as the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge &#8212; started on December 11. Thirty-eight teams and 109 rowers pushed off from Tenerife, bound for Antigua. One crew, City of Derby, had to pull out after a few hours because of technical issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P0dwDsJFaoU?si=qyb4OaOJuTOUYvqQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This year&#8217;s race started a day early. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Starting a day earlier than planned has provided relatively easy conditions so far,&#8221; race organizers said. &#8220;The calmer seas have led to fewer cases of seasickness than usual, giving crews time to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">start adapting<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to life at sea.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Though the first few days were slightly calmer than previous years, the crews are dealing with<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> choppy water. The southeasterly and easterly winds are impacting boats differently, depending on their position in the race. Those further south are experiencing a helpful tailwind. Meanwhile, crews who took a slightly more northerly route are deploying para-anchors to stop the wind pushing them back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fortunately, conditions are expected to improve in the next few days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101021\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101021\" class=\"wp-image-101021 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Captureli-1-scaled-e1734480710594.jpg\" alt=\"The current position of crews in The World's Toughest Row Atlantic Race. \" width=\"800\" height=\"351\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The current position of crews in The World&#8217;s Toughest Row Atlantic Race. Image: The World&#8217;s Toughest Row<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Race statistics so far:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leading: Row4Cancer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leading five: Power of 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leading four: Row4Cancer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leading trio: Ordinary Buoys<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leading pair: Scholarship<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Leading soloist: Ocean Ways<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Mission Atlantic:<\/strong> Organizers state that Mission Atlantic is not a race. Instead, it is &#8220;an opportunity for those who have served to come together, forging bonds of fraternity and friendship. All whilst taking on a challenge of staggering proportions, and raising thousands of pounds for charity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A much smaller event than The World\u2019s Toughest Row, this is only open to military or ex-military. It does not take place annually and was last held in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101020\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101020\" class=\"wp-image-101020 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/470226044_122187536450166824_4685989679799520754_n-e1734480721537.jpg\" alt=\"Oceans Elite rowing\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Oceans Elite<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Two crews are taking part<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: Oceans Elite (Chris Thrall and Louie Greenhalgh) and Rowing Stones (Baudouin de La Rochefoucauld, Jean Pierre Boross de Levay, Joachim d\u2019Etigny, and Juan Dumont de Chassart).<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The teams set off from Gran Canaria on December 8. They will row 5,000km to Barbados. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So far, the crews have faced tricky headwinds and choppy seas, in addition to the usual challenges of seasickness and lack of sleep. Thankfully, now over a week into the row, those difficulties are starting to subside.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101022\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101022\" src=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Captureko-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Captureko-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Captureko-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Captureko-700x397.jpg 700w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Captureko-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Captureko-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/explorersweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Captureko-2048x1160.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The position of crews in the Mission Atlantic Event. Image: Mission Atlantic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Unsurprisingly, the<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> four-man crew <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">has<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> covered slightly more ground than the pair in the first <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">10<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> days. The Rowing Stones have covered 672km to Ocean Elites<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">646km.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Zara Lachlan (UK):<\/strong> This 21-year-old is rowing from Portugal to French Guiana. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DDEiWvbN7jz\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">See this post on Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> start of the row <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was a struggle for Lachlan<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> For three weeks the weather flitted between winds so strong she had to deploy her para-anchor, and waters so calm that it felt like rowing through treacle. After almost two months, she has covered 2,100km of the 6,668km total. She is significantly behind schedule for her 90-day target.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite the slow start, Lachlan is feeling positive. By early December, she had left the Canary Islands and the wind picked up in her favour. Recently, she has doubled her daily mileage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pacific Ocean\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Louis Margot (CH):<\/strong> Swiss adventurer Margot is now well into the fourth leg of his round-the-world journey. He is rowing across the Pacific from Peru to Hiva Oa in French Polynesia. From there, he will continue to Indonesia. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After five weeks back on the ocean, Margot has covered 1,660km, less than a tenth of his 20,000km row.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Before<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> this row, he cycled 2,500km from Switzerland to Portugal, then rowed from Portugal to Columbia, before hopping on his bike again and cycling to Peru. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Margot aims to make it around the globe in three years. 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But little by little, my body is <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">starting to get<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> used to the minimal comfort and constant effort,&#8221; Margot said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Margot is dealing with currents that are pushing him in the wrong direction. He needs to head west but the currents are pushing him north.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the biggest challenges so far is the loneliness. Other than a little bird that sat on his boat for a few hours, Margot is alone, and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Indonesia seems very far away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Aurimas Mockus (LT):<\/strong> Mockus is rowing from San Diego, California to Brisbane, Australia. 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