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7 August 2008 - Facebook Group set up (2008 sub one month Rowing Challenge)
We have been recruiting crew for nearly four months now and have 11 good strong lads 'signed up' ! We have many more on the books waiting to make their mind up ... They don't know what they'll be missing if they get left behind - hehe!! Hell! If YOU want to come rowing then get in touch - I'd be glad to hear from you !
The boat is in a field at the moment undergoing a tidy out and some cosmetic repairs. She should go into the water in early September when the process will begin getting our new heroic crew working together !
Recruiting NOW...
If YOU are interested in joining us for The 2nd Atlantic Ocean Expedition in 2008 & North Atlantic Ocean Expedition 2009 please contact us at: leven@oceanrowevents.com
We always have space for good people.
17th January 2008 at 20.35 GMT La Mondiale completed her Transatlantic voyage in 33 days 7hrs & 30mins breaking her own record by two days!
Our 14 amazing oarsmen, every single one of them deserve praise second to none. From the first stroke of their oars in the Ocean at Mogan, Gran Canaria to the last stroke at Port St Charles, Barbados, they pulled staunchly to achieve their goal and what a victory it is for them to have broken a Record held for 16 years.
Many, many congratulations to our gallant 14 men, 'Team Mondiale'.
Picture taken when Team Mondiale were 3 Miles off the Finish Line...
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La Mondiale’ and her British & Irish crew have beaten the Transatlantic Rowing Record of 35 days, 7hrs & 30mins. This record was set in 1992 by a French crew rowing the same "La Mondiale". Although there have been over 60 attempts during the past sixteen years to do so, no rowing boat & crew have achieved this until now. The new record stands at 33 days,7hrs & 30mins. |
THE NEW RECORD IS 33 DAYS, 7HRS & 30MINS.
At the same time, La Mondiale won a unique challenge from multihull ocean rowing boat 'Orca', of a Transatlantic Rowing Race between ‘La Mondiale' & ‘Orca’ of an east to west crossing of the Atlantic from Gran Canaria to Barbados.
‘La Mondiale’ & ‘Orca’ raced across the ocean waves.
The extreme courage and tenacity was the test of the intrepid oarsmen of these two boats, not to mention the ability to work as a team and be able to tolerate each other within the confines of a rowboat. This Race has determined which is the fastest boat across the Ocean.
It is the tried and tested design of ‘La Mondiale’ which has triumphed over the new technology of the smart, light but smaller multihull design of ‘Orca’ - www.atlanticorca.com/race.htm
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Please click here or on the image below to see more detailed positioning information.
This information is supplied courtesy of the Ocean Rowing Society. Please click here or on the image above to see more detailed positioning information on the Ocean Rowing society website.
Ocean Row Events (ORE) is a company set up to try to raise £1 million for charitable causes over the next five years. ORE acquired the record breaking French boat ‘La Mondiale’ from the ever supportive Ocean Rowing Society. She is currently the fastest Ocean Rowing boat in the world.
Leven Brown, founder of Ocean Row Events has arranged another two exciting expeditions in order to attain the fundraising target. Leven rowed the Atlantic solo in 2005/6 spending a total of 123 days at sea and holds a Guinness World Record for being the first boat to make it from Mainland Spain to the West Indies.
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La Mondiale in action from the air. Now faster than ever before.
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BREAKING WORLD RECORDS...
Ocean Row Events is raising money for a number of well know charities.
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