1997
The Port St Charles Barbados Atlantic Rowing Race.
- Winning team: Kiwi Challenge (NZ), rowed by Rob Hamill and Phil Stubbs.
The first ever ocean rowing race saw 30 teams of two depart from Tenerife on 12 October 1997 to race over 3000 nm to Barbados. 6 boats withdrew, with 4 boats withdrawing in the first 36 hours, and 2 boats finished with single competitors aboard. Prior to this race there had been fewer than 30 successful ocean rows.
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