Pedal the Ocean

Ocean Crossing Resources

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so". -- Douglas Adams

Here is a list of the books I have read on ocean crossing adventures and links to ocean rowers ocean cyclists and ocean adventurers:

Ocean crossing books:

Bold Man of the Sea - Jim Shekhdar

Across the Savage Sea - Maud Fontenoy

Pedalling to Hawaii - Stevie Smith

Kayak Across the Atlantic - Peter Bray

A Spec on the Sea - William Longyard

500 Days - Serge Testa

66 days adrift - William Butler

Race Against Time - Ellen MacArthur

Adrift - Steven Callahan

A Voyage For Madmen - Peter Nichols

Facing the Frozen Ocean - Bear Grylls

Sea of Dreams - Adam Meyers

Godforsaken Sea - Derek Lundy


Ocean rower web sites:

Mick Bird - rowed half way around the world

Expedition 360 - Jason Lewis and Stevie Smith pedaled almost all the way around the world by human power

Expedition Canada - Colin & Julie Angus succeed at histories FIRST around the world by human power challenge

Columbus Run - Leven Browns trans Atlantic rowing expedition

Roz Savage - trans Atlantic rowing expedition & Pacific ocean in 2007

Row Extreme - Richard Wood's trans Atlantic rowing expedition

Around-n-over - Erden Eruc's trans Atlantic rowing expedition

Fedor Konyukhov - trans Atlantic rowing expedition

Virgin Row - Oliver Hick's trans Atlantic rowing expedition

Climb Your Everest - Canadians Glenn Edwards and John Williams will row the Indian ocean in 2007

Anne Quemere - kite boated across the Atlantic

Rapheala le Gouvello - windsurfed across the Atlantic and Pacific ocean