Rowers closing in on France
Agu 27, 2004 11: 30 EST
Another rower bite the dust the other day, but Anne and Emmanuel out on the North Atlantic are looking good. Anne did 84 miles (136 km) yesterday and has only 258 miles (416 km) left to Ouessant Island, France. Emmanuel is not far behind, with 439 miles (707 km) left to target.
Andreas Rommel is further behind the other two, with a whopping 2009 miles (3233 km) left to his UK destination. He did his first and only update last week.
Anne has the company of some strange stuff: "Since yesterday, I am surrounded by jellyfish, thousand of them and I also see strange whitish balls the size of a ping-pong ball. What are they? Can somebody tell me? Anyway, I try to avoid them when I wash my dishes. Except for these creatures, the sea is empty. No dolphin, no sperm whales, no ship."
Pink lady set off from St John’s, Newfoundland on June 30 to break the world record for the fastest north Atlantic row from Canada . Crew members Mark Stubbs, 40, from Poole in Dorset, with Jonathan Gornall, 48, from London, Pete Bray, 48, from South Wales and John Wills, 33, from Surrey were rescued early August when their boat was split in two by Hurricane Alex.
Anne Quemere rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean four years ago, leaving from Canary Islands and arriving in Guadeloupe 56 days later without assistance, breaking the women’s record previously held by Tori Murden who made the crossing in 81 days. Now she is back, to repeat the crossing West to East.
Emmanuel Coindre capsized his row boat outside the coast of US last year. He called from his sat phone requesting help sitting on top of the boats hull. Emmanuel is now back again on his quest to became the first person to row the Atlantic solo three times. His earlier achievements actually already involve three crossings; two in a row boat and one on a watercycle.
Andreas Rommel plans to become the first German in history to row Atlantic W-E from Cape Cod (USA) to UK. Andreas is last out of the North Atlantic rowers.
Golden Gate rower Mick Dawson, had been at sea the longest; about 2 and a half months when he capsized August 23. He was making steady progress but had only just crossed the halfway point end July. Mick left Choshi, Japan at 02:10 GMT May 6th 2004 in his second attempt to reach Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, CA, USA. Mick was rescued by the US coast guard.
Image courtesy of ORS and Anne Quemere.
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