World Rowing

Atlantic rowers head through half-way

08/02/2010 - 11:17:00 CET

In a race that includes boats of pairs and fours, a solo rower is leading the way. The 2009 Atlantic Rowing Race, from La Gomera, the Canary Islands to Antigua in the Caribbean, has been going for nearly five weeks and most of the boats are now through the half-way point of the 3,000 mile race.

Atlantic Rowing Race 2009

06/01/2010 - 11:34:00 CET

The 2009 Atlantic Rowing Race is finally under way. After a series of delays, mainly caused by bad weather, 31 ocean-going rowing boats have left La Gomera in the Canary Islands. The boats will row across the Atlantic Ocean covering roughly 2,500 nautical miles to end up in Antigua.

Rowing 10,000 strokes a day

15/06/2009 - 23:00:00 CET

British ocean rower Roz Savage has embarked on stage two of her solo row across the Pacific Ocean and in doing so she invites people throughout the world to join her.

One ocean row begins, another ends

16/04/2009 - 23:00:00 CET

The first rowing race across the Indian Ocean is about to depart Geraldton, Western Australia and head for Mauritius over 5,500km away.

Ragged from 10 months of rowing

15/12/2008 - 00:00:00 CET

A month ago Pacific Ocean rower Alex Bellini had nearly reached Sydney, Australia. The country was oh-so-near, but in the end too far.

Australia in sight for ocean rower

18/11/2008 - 00:00:00 CET

“I have spent a lot of my life dreaming,” says Alex Bellini, Italy’s intrepid adventurer. He is now nearing the end of his Pacific Ocean crossing.

Warming up to row Indian Ocean

22/02/2008 - 00:00:00 CET

Spending 24 hours on the indoor rowing machine has set in motion a quest to row the Indian Ocean. Croatian national team member Petar Lovric and partner Vatroslav Zovko took turns rowing for two-hour intervals over a 24-hour period partly as a way to simulate the situation of rowing the Indian Ocean.