Row Across The Pond

To complete the Woodvale Atlantic Challenge

Richard Hoyland and Steve Coe
Ocean Rowing Boat

Latest Post: 2010-03-24

User Profile

Profile

Owner / Skipper:

Richard Hoyland and Steve Coe

Nationality:

British

Make / Model:

Ocean Rowing Boat

LOA (feet):

23

One Line "Mission Statement":

To complete the Woodvale Atlantic Challenge

Website:

http://www.rowacrossthepond.co.uk

Previous Diary Entries

2010

Mar 2010

We are safe and recovering well

Wed 24 Mar 15:37
We take our final bow 16:58.900N 61:44.800W

Mon 22 Mar 01:34
(no subject)

Sat 20 Mar 20:09
(no subject)

Fri 19 Mar 20:32
Mail problems

Fri 19 Mar 17:22
The elephant is starting to give in :-) 17:01.000N 58:36.55W

Thu 18 Mar 22:08
Far to Go? You decide

Wed 17 Mar 22:18
Weather window?

Tue 16 Mar 22:46
We're off again :-) with a little help?

Mon 15 Mar 21:12
Hope? 17:05.000N 55:38.000W

Sun 14 Mar 23:25
Mullering Saturday and Mothering Sunday 17:08.000N 54:54.000W

Sat 13 Mar 22:26
Where are our heads at? 17:11.000N 54:26.000W

Fri 12 Mar 22:00
Re: 17:22.327n 53:48.427w

Wed 10 Mar 21:10
17:22.327n 53:48.427w

Wed 10 Mar 20:10
Anchors away :-) 17:19.999N 53:17.500W

Tue 9 Mar 18:21
Blue Monday?

Mon 8 Mar 21:01
Rowing..but not as we know it 17:10.477N 52:27.999W

Sun 7 Mar 18:40
It's here and it's gone

Sat 6 Mar 20:14
And the drugs do work..they don't make things worse 16:57.000N 51:15.000W

Fri 5 Mar 19:58
Deconstructing Atlantic rowers 16:55.00N 49:35.000W

Wed 3 Mar 20:38
Weather and some reflections 16:56.000N 49:02.000W

Tue 2 Mar 21:04
Re: Speed is the name of the game

Mon 1 Mar 19:37
Re: Speed is the name of the game

Mon 1 Mar 19:35
Speed is the name of the game

Mon 1 Mar 14:41

Feb 2010

Perfect Getaway

Sun 28 Feb 20:22
Positivity is the name of the game 17:25.000N 46:58.000W

Sat 27 Feb 21:39
17:53,867n 46:49.555w

Fri 26 Feb 19:44
Tricky times

Thu 25 Feb 14:21
Oh Peter....Oh Peter....it's No Fear Here again

Tue 23 Feb 16:38
Quiet day of annoyance

Mon 22 Feb 21:27
So that's what I call music, Atlantic Mix 2010 17:37.228N 45:15.696W

Mon 22 Feb 13:31
Feeling Hot Hot Hot and the bangers are set off 17:36.890N 44:44.830W

Sun 21 Feb 21:31
Whether the weather is worthwhile

Sat 20 Feb 20:28
Re: 17:33.753N 43:30.901w

Fri 19 Feb 20:33
Just another scorcher 17:33.005N 42:52.650W

Thu 18 Feb 21:16
Green Flash and the tricky question of how long 17:35.991N 41:52.361W

Wed 17 Feb 20:11
17:40.833N 41:07.025W

Tue 16 Feb 18:47
On the move

Mon 15 Feb 18:47
Tech problems

Sun 14 Feb 19:10
Re: stuffed again...

Sun 14 Feb 19:08
Re:

Sun 14 Feb 19:07
There's alot happening... for somewhere quiet 18:25.759N 38:51.323W

Thu 11 Feb 21:55
Fug fug fug fug 18:33.555N 38:15.914W

Wed 10 Feb 18:45
Almost a typical day at the office... 18:56.152N 37:32.154W

Tue 9 Feb 18:43
Damn lies and statistics 19:07.915N 36:48.016W

Mon 8 Feb 20:35
The weather Gods start to shine down on us 19:21.313N 35:31.000W

Sun 7 Feb 20:54
Another perfect moment..plus hang our heads in shame 19:23.916N 34:59.458W

Sat 6 Feb 21:54
Limericks and weather 19:25.132n 34:12.295w

Fri 5 Feb 20:38
a 'shift in the life of an ocean rower'...and what direction? 19:28.321n 34:15.665

Thu 4 Feb 18:17
Oh yeah...My Sea Is On Fire 19:42.19N 32:29.687W

Wed 3 Feb 18:44
Back on track 19:42.519N 31:54.303W

Tue 2 Feb 19:11
Back in the saddle again 19:45.499N 31:23.778W

Mon 1 Feb 19:54

Jan 2010

Same old place 19:51.609N 31:16.177W

Sun 31 Jan 21:48
Anchors...not away! 19:52.569N 31:19.448W

Sat 30 Jan 14:44
Limerick competition...cast your votes....

Fri 29 Jan 18:38
Para-anchor is our friend and Whale Ahoy!

Fri 29 Jan 13:47
Anchor 19:42.031N 31:33.124W

Thu 28 Jan 11:43
Bad weather 19:34.766N 31:39.383W

Wed 27 Jan 17:51
It's a merry second christmas from the boat 19:30.525N 30:35.530W

Mon 25 Jan 18:11
it's a beautiful day...enjoy

Sun 24 Jan 10:37
significant milestone and the anatomy of a long distance rower 19:53.653 28:59.197W

Sat 23 Jan 17:35
Fish and Tunes 20:15.363N 28:04.501W

Fri 22 Jan 15:40
Swimming with the Fishes 20:31.383N 27:33.373W

Thu 21 Jan 16:35
another slog and flying fish anyone? 20:55.993N 26:45.532W

Wed 20 Jan 18:40
Well into the pattern 21:43.313N 25:58.029W

Tue 19 Jan 17:38
just another day today..

Mon 18 Jan 18:52
big appology 22:13.730 24:34.224

Sun 17 Jan 17:30
16th Jan questions and other bits 22:33.510 24:01.771

Sat 16 Jan 17:22
First shark of the journey

Fri 15 Jan 16:37
chalk this one up to experience and move on 23:07.199N 22:46.235w

Thu 14 Jan 18:19
day 9 on a lttle yellow boat

Tue 12 Jan 14:05
Day 8 Motivational words indeed 24:15.069N 20:31.773w

Mon 11 Jan 15:43
bad day

Sun 10 Jan 15:52
Day 5 - on the little yellow boat 25:17.916N 18:46.528w

Sat 9 Jan 12:39
questions answered plus our position at time of sending 25:49.092N 18:02.989w

Fri 8 Jan 12:50
Welcome abard...

Wed 6 Jan 14:39
last blog on dry land

Mon 4 Jan 08:39
And they're off

Mon 4 Jan 07:38
Row for home (as fast as we can)

Sun 3 Jan 18:16
On the verge of getting our passports stamped

Fri 1 Jan 18:47
Spice it up.

Fri 1 Jan 11:47

2009

Dec 2009

A glimmer of hope on the horizon.

Tue 29 Dec 18:59
Life in La Gomera, nothing has changed

Mon 28 Dec 22:25
Strange to be back

Mon 28 Dec 13:39
Is that a high pressure system I see building? A late Christmas present

Wed 16 Dec 11:12
New Start Date

Tue 15 Dec 20:12
Focus

Sun 13 Dec 10:40
Important update on the weather, a decision has been made

Fri 11 Dec 13:44
totally unexptected

Fri 11 Dec 00:07
The weather is still looking bad for a start this week 28:05.317N 17:06.571W

Wed 9 Dec 14:25
Deceptive weather

Tue 8 Dec 23:58
No Fear performs fantastically in the Gomera Cup, plus time to focus

Mon 7 Dec 17:23
Wednesday is officially the new Sunday

Fri 4 Dec 17:49
It's official

Thu 3 Dec 20:18
Glimmer of hope for a Sunday start

Thu 3 Dec 08:19
Long nights planned

Wed 2 Dec 12:30
Boat's ready...but what about the flares and the weather :-(

Tue 1 Dec 19:46

Nov 2009

' wise words'

Sun 29 Nov 22:20
You never forget your first day at sea in an ocean rowing boat

Sat 28 Nov 22:48
We're on the water :-)

Sat 28 Nov 07:55
language challenge

Thu 26 Nov 20:09
Paranormal? No, para-anchor!

Wed 25 Nov 20:29
Still in the car park

Tue 24 Nov 19:38
first monday away

Mon 23 Nov 19:32
Scrutineering here we come! 28:05.38N 17:06.46W

Sun 22 Nov 21:58
madrid airport

Sun 22 Nov 08:27
On our way at last

Fri 20 Nov 22:12
Its all in the title...

Thu 12 Nov 20:43
final straight before kick off

Tue 3 Nov 21:13
No turning back now!

Tue 3 Nov 20:55
Last minute preparation 51.5N 0W

Tue 3 Nov 20:01