Ocean Rowing
Ocean rowing is classed as a sport, and is psychological as well as physical. Many rowers have to endure long periods of time at sea with help often days or weeks away and the challenge for solo ocean rowers is especially high. The first ever recorded Ocean row was across the Atlantic and was rowed by Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo, two Americans born in Norway. The pair left Manhattan on 6 June 1896 arriving in France 55 days and 13 hours later having covered 3,250 miles.
The Indian Ocean was first crossed by Anders Svedlund of Sweden in 1971. He set off from Western Australia on April 29, 1971 and arrived near Diego Suarez, Madagascar 64 days later.
More recently James Cracknell and Ben Fogle competed in the Atlantic 2005 race which was televised and gained massive media attention.
Interestingly despite the now regular rowing races, fewer people have rowed an ocean as at 2006 than have climbed Everest or been into Space.
Ocean rowing has never been more popular than now.
In 2009, the first Indian Ocean Rowing Race is planned of which team devOcean are competitors.
Please see the links below for more information on Ocean Rowing.
1) Ocean Rowing - Wikipedia