This annual race sees over 30 teams participating from around the world. They will face soaring temperatures, violent storms, waves of up to 30 feet, sleep deprivation, salt soars & the demands of rowing 18 hours a day... alone!
Scroll down to see the 2023 Solo participants
2023 Race
Mel Eissens
Handsatlantic
2023 Solo Race Winner
Sam Glover
The Entrepreneur Ship
More people have reached the summit of Everest or travelled into space than have successfully rowed an ocean.
2023 Race
Elliot Awin
Wave Wrangler
2023 Race
Frank Rothwell
Alzheimer's Research UK
2023 Race
Liz Wardley
The Atlantic Ocean is the 2nd largest of the worlds five oceans & covers 17% of the earths surface with an average depth of 2,646 metres.
2023 Race
Peet Botma
Freedom Rower
“Every venture you embark on, both professional & in a personal capacity, will demand vision, dynamic strategy, precise planning & preparation, absolute honesty, discipline & fearlessness but above all it will demand GRIT & perseverance!”
Peter von Kets
Atlantic Ocean Rower & Adventurer
2023 Race
Jamie Howard
Atlantic Rowmad
“The journey is sometimes more important than the goal”
Dawn Wood
Row Aurora TWAC2018 Solo Rower
Guinness World Record Holder
Aurora Sea School
2023 Race
Leanne Maiden
She rOARs
“Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty much irrelevant in the ocean. It is the psychology that is important”
Roz Savage
Atlantic, Pacific & Indian Ocean Solo Rower.
Guinness World Record holder.
2023 Race
Dominique Meynadier
Aim For The Ocean
2023 Race
Henry Cheape
PollyAnne
