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Final Update - August 24th Row Sentinel Challenge 2021 A huge thank you to all of the international rowing community and the 50 teams that have taken part in this virtual adventure. The friendliness and enthusiasm that so many people have shown throughout has been extraordinary. Ian Rivers 💂🏻‍♀️ cro...

RSC Day 82/83 It seems like a long time since we rowed the first 63,791m and left New York 🇺🇸 on May 15th / May 31st 🗽 Albatross One 🦅, RowAlong #3 🚣🏼‍♀️, Forum Flyers II 🏛, RowAlong #1 🚣🏼‍♀️ and US Navy II ⛴ are in a final dash to reach the Finishing Line 🏁 and could still make it home in front of ...

RSC Day 81/82 In a classic Photo Finish 🏁, RES Endurance 🐫, sprinting and dipping for the tape, just edged out RowAlong #2 🚣🏼‍♀️. Like a camel sniffing water at the end of a long desert journey and galloping🌪 for the oasis 🏝, they posted 511,204m - the majority of which was rowed yesterday. Albatros...

Row Sentinel Challenge - Day 80/81 RowAlong #2 🚣🏼‍♀️ have yet to cross the Finish Line and safely make it into St Mary's Harbour, Isles of Scilly. So, with a superhuman effort today, either (or both) of Albatross One 🦅 and RES Endurance 🐫 could cross the Finish Line at the same time. A total of > 5,...

RSC - Day 74/75 Albatross One 🦅 lead RES Endurance Team 1 🐫 (now in 2nd place) by only 187km. RowAlong #2 🚣🏼‍♀️ are a futher 21km adrift and Forum Flyers II 🏛 (now in 4th place) are another 156km behind. Ian Rivers💂🏻‍♀️ made good progress yesterday (47NM / 87km), but is currently drifting Northwards...

RSC - Day 71 Team One - Endurance 🐫 have further increased their rate of striking and reduced Albatross One's 🦅 lead to only 263km yesterday. RowAlong #2 and #3 🚣🏼‍♀️ have done the same and only now trail by 177km and 379km respectively. Ian covered a handsome 46.64NM yesterday 🌪 and is fast approac...

RSC - Day 70 A lot of action going on here ... Albatross One 🦅 flapping resolutely on, but they should be entirely catchable with some serious effort. RowAlong 🚣🏼‍♀️ recruiting furiously, so RowAlong #3 and RowAlong #1 leapt to 4th and 7th place yesterday respectively. And 14 other place changes bel...

Row Sentinel Challenge - Day 67 Ian Rivers is under way again now, heading resolutely due East. Which is good. The storm and the capsizings x2 have left him battered and bruised, and have set him back a couple of days. However, this is the amazing progress that he made yesterday despite everything. ...

Row Sentinel Challenge - Day 63 As Ian prepares to weather the next massive storm, just short of Way Point 15 (of 20), the virtual race is intensifying, with metres rowed increasing every day. Albatross One made a recent bid to break away from the peloton, but are being reeled back in by RES Enduran...

With just over a month to go, all 50 virtual teams are finally in the Row Sentinel Challenge; on the North Atlantic Map; and on the RES Scoresheet (so the spreadsheet is 2,898 lines long now 🤣). Over the last two months, the 50 teams have averaged nearly 3.1 million metres each 💪 and the 977 active ...

Row Sentinel Challenge - Day 58 (Ian Rivers' Progress) Monday: 26/07 23:53 37.93NM (Check) 2,403.39NM 23 hrs 53 mins = 1.59 Knots (165NM from Way Point #14) Yesterday: 27/07 23:47 37.32NM (Check) 2,440.71NM 23 hrs 54 mins = 1.56 Knots (Heading North East) Today So Far: 28/07 04:15 9.15NM (Check) 2,4...

Row Sentinel Challenge - Day 53 Well, the stormy weather 🌊 blew Ian Rivers around in a small circle; then due south; and then slightly east on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week; giving three of the virtual teams a chance to get their noses in front of him. However, he was able to get going aga...

Row Sentinel Challenge - Day 49 The last four days have been hard going for Ian in very rough seas 🌊, despite the joy of encountering the Right Whale 🐳. He has therefore only averaged 1.1 Knots and covered 26NM / 48KM per day. This has edged him 🐢 from Way Point #11 (the longitude of the State of Ri...

Row Sentinel Challenge - Day 44 Ian Rivers continues to make steady progress of around 50NM / 93KM each day, despite some very rough weather, which has pushed his overall speed up to 1.91 Knots / 1.50 Knots in straight line distance. On this basis, he will row just over 3,900NM to travel the 3,100NM...

RSC - Day 38 Well, the storms 🌬🌊 no longer seem to slow Mr Rivers down very much and he has now averaged >35NM in straight line distance for the last 38 days or >65KM per day, as he originally promised he would. We have therefore reached the point where he has rowed +9NM / +17KM ✨ more than the lead...