Expedition Tracker
Aches and Pains Ahoy! 1 June 2005 ------------------------ Pain is temporary quiting lasts forever. Lance Armstrong. Well we are now 24hrs in to our row and yes the aches and pains are here in abundance. Complaints range from sore backs, sore arse!, sore l...Close encounters 2 Jun, 2005. 1200 bst ------------------------ A day of close encounters with shipping and wildlife. Day 2 saw 2 close encounters with ships 1 merchant vessel and a patrolling Coastguard ship (see image) both ships had picked us up on radar, prov...Old Man of the Sea 3rd June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ At 42 years old and with a face as red as an angry farmer we the crew are pleased to announce that crew member Nigel Morris is today officially a birthday boy. In fine male tradition no one bought him... OFF THE BANKS YEEHA! 4th June 2005 ------------------------ Day 5 and we are off The Grand Banks. A tough 24 hrs battling across a stiff south westerly wind and a confused sea saw Natty B exit the lnfamous banks early today. It's been a harsh time for all of ...Let The Battle Commence! 5th June, 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ Hello, well its been another busy 24hrs which has seen continued progress in a Easterly direction. Last night we were cruising at speeds of upto 4knts, great for rowing but not so good for the nerves....Its Emotional! 6th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ A CONFUSED SEA (DAY 7) 7th JUNE 2005 1200BST ------------------------ After an anxious wait yesterday to see exactly how close and ferocious our storm might be the relief of getting underway agaln was a major boost. Although conditions were far from good, any miles made...Secret Recipe 8th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ The last 24hrs have seen exceptional levels of witty banter and entertainment it seems we did pack morale afterall. Unfortunately for onboard 4th choice Chef George Rock , much of this banter has been...DOUBLE FIGURES 9th June 2005 1200bst ------------------------ Day 10 and we're into double figures. Another milestone on our adventure. One of the ways we keep ourselves focused is to constantly set short term targets, days, miles, degrees crossed etc. This comb...Nobody said it was easy! 10th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ As the days tick by so to do our levels of energy. Since leaving St Johns eleven days ago we have been following a strict routine of two hours on two hours off with one three hour shift at night. Whet...WAVES AS BIG AS HOUSES!!! JUNE 11 2005 1200bst ------------------------ Yes folks as big as houses, and we don't mean bungalows. Day 11 saw our biggest seas yet and they were truly awesome. 25knts of wind with gusts to 40 knts for 16hrs saw our sea state build to ama...BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM THE NORTH ATLANTIC 12th JUNE 2005 1200bst ------------------------ Happy birthday M ick Dawson, from your favourite [only] brother and Rob, Nige and George. Hope you like the card, couldn't think what to get you before we left so hid £500 somewhere in your house...Epic 13th Day! 13th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ I don't know how many times I heard some old and wise person usaully the parents tell me they wished they had worked harder at school. Well right now Iam wishing to that I had worked harder for ...A TIME FOR REFLECTION 14th JUNE 2005 1200BST ------------------------ After such a tough 24 hrs we finally got back underway yesterday AM. The rigours of the previous night had not only taken it's toll on some of our kit, now patched up and ready to go, but also on...DIY 15th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ At 2:30am this morning while our hands accumalated blisters on the blisters an experience not to dissimilar to that of placing your hands in a frying pan we came up with the idea that we should try an...IN THE MIDST OF A DEPRESSION 16th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ News came from our weather man yesterday that by evening we would be sitting smack in the middle of a depression. Some confusion amongst our North Eastern boys as to what this meant sent Nige and Geor...10 Minutes! 17th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ "10 minutes, 10minutes" pause "10 minutes , hello, 10 minutes" now shouting "10 minutes, wake up, are you alive?" then from the cabin comes a neandathal type grunt! This...REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL. PARTS 1--2 AND 3 18th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ In the words of Ian Dury and The Blockheads, [for those of you not old enough to remember please ask parents], todays update will follow the theme of one of the crews fave songs. PART 1: Finally the w...Not what is says on the packet! 19th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ Its Day 1 I can't even imagine what you all must be going through, waves like 'tower blocks' in sea's of blue, battling the elements day in day out, the challenge is to be accompli...HALF WAY MARK REACHED !!!! 20thJune 2005. 1200bst. ------------------------ Our next major milestone was passed at 6.05 am June 20th 2005. Debate will always ensue as to exactly where half way is, is it half way in miles, half way in degrees etc. etc. For us, after discussion...Live Concert 21st June 2005 12:00BST ------------------------ "Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow" Horace ODES I.xi Well that qoute about sums up the spirit onboard right now. Yesterday we new the weather would be coming from ...CONTRASTS........AND THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSING BEAR. 22nd JUNE 2005 1200BST ------------------------ As we enter day 23 of our voyage what strikes us is the dramatic changes and contrasts in conditions and mood. After several days of living in a cold, wet, grey world, where the only changes were how ...Professors Onboard 23rd June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ Onboard life of late has been a total joy, the difference a few hours of sunshine makes to the comfort of living conditions reiterates just how tough the past weeks have been. Rather than spend 10min...OH, IT'S A PERFECT DAY......WELL ALMOST!!! 24th JUNE 20005 1200BST ------------------------ Clear blue skies broken only by a few "SIMPSON" clouds. The Atlantic a wonderful mix of blue and green with waves of only a metre or so. The wind steady 10 to 15 knts. Sound perfect? Yes we...On The Nose! 25th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Kathleen Theisen. Well everyone we have no change on the weather front, the last 24hrs have been what can only be described as the equivilant to rowing thro...RELENTLESS!!! 26TH JUNE 2005 1200BST ------------------------ Our long slog against our headwinds enters it's third day. This is without doubt the longest period of settled weather we've had so far. Unfortunately it's trying to push us the wrong w...The Longest Week 27th June 2005 12:00BST ------------------------ Yesterday saw the continuation of our slog against the ever present East North East wind, it has been with us for 4 days and to date been the most consistent weather we have had since leaving St John...ON THE ROAD AGAIN. 28th JUNE 2005 1200bst ------------------------ Shortly after sending yesterdays update our fortunes took a turn for the better. The winds are not yet in the West, but they are promised. At present we sit in a trough, virtually no wind, but able to...Gone Soft 29th June 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ It seems the last 5 days have turned us into soft sunshine loving ocean rowers! The change in weather finally arrived yesterday afternoon, gone are the mill pond conditions and scorching sun welcome ...SHORT AND SWEET 30th JUNE 2005 1200bst ------------------------ If todays update seems a tad short, we apologise. Westerlies have kicked in and we're bangin' in the miles to make up for lost time, and get back home asap. As we speak the call from the oar...Not as Planned! 1st July 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ As the sun started to set last night (somewhere behind the dense cloud cover in other words out of our view) our onboard GPS navigation equipment deicided to take a vacation (cease to function) not id...LIKES AND DISLIKES. 2nd JULY 2005 1200bst ------------------------ Today as we push on ever nearer Falmouth we thought we'd give you a taste of a few of our likes and dislikes onboard Steak, Hurricanes and breakIng waves 3rd July 2005 12:00BST ------------------------ Its been a great 24hrs plenty of miles and many an entertaining moment. With the arrival of WNW wind (25knts) clear skies and sunshine Naturally Best was scooting along. The only problem with these co...TRICKY PREDICTIONS. 4th JULY 2005 1200bst ------------------------ As we approach the final stages of our fantastic adventure the most frequently asked question is ''What day will you be in Falmouth?". Even at this stage this is a tough one to call. We...Bonjour 5th July 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ As we head for Falmouth, sorry France we have suddenly realised that none of us speak good French. Whilst we have picked up a few good phrases from Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses we fear they are no...NEVER NEVER GIVE IN! 6th JULY 2005 1200bsr ------------------------ As the weather conspires to make our approach to Falmouth more and more difficult, we look to our breakfast companion for inspiration. A series of speaches from Sir Winston Churchjll entitled ''NEVER ...Spanish Phrases 7th July 2005 12:00BST ------------------------ Thanks to all of you who contributed to our request for French phrases but we have a change of requirement. Having practised and tried to learn the phrases we have deicided the French language is far ...BIRTHDAYS AND PERFECT GIFTS. 8th July 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ If you'd asked us only a matter of days ago how many of the teams Birthdays we'd celebrate at sea, we'd have said ''one, Nige's''. Now for sure we'll see G...Aeroplane 9th July 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ As you all know we are celebrating another crew members birthday today. As with the celebration of Nigels birthday crew members have once again excelled themselv22q2244r organising of a days non rowin...NATURALLY BEST ENTERS THE RECORD BOOKS. 10th July 2005 12:00 BST ------------------------ At nine and a half minutes past nine on the morning of July 10th 2005 ''NATURALLY BEST" officially became the fastest ever rowing boat to cross the North Atlantic, West to East. Setting...A New Project 2nd April 2006 ------------------------ The last line of our previous dispatch dated 11th July 2005 read
Expedition Log
1 kilometer = 0.54 nautical miles [International]
1 kilometer = 0.62 miles [UK and US]
Total distance 3445km or 1860 nm
EXPEDITION ROUTE INFO (Kilometers)
LAT LONG ALT DTS DTT DTG
CANADA START 47.33 52.43 n/a
UK END 50.09 05.03 n/a
Total Distance 3445
EXPEDITION LOG
D DATE LAT LONG ALT DT DTS DTT DTG
 
1 1 June 2005 46°59.00 051°16.00 0 126.07 126.07 126.07 3372.66
2 2 Jun, 2005. 1200 bst 46°45.00 049°58.00 0 102.42 226.2 228.49 3291.91
3 3rd June 2005 12:00 BST 46°17.00 048°44.00 0 107.91 333.92 336.4 3225.9
4 4th June 2005 45°55.00 047°43.00 0 88.53 422.44 424.93 3170.67
5 5th June, 2005 12:00 BST 45°38.00 046°30.00 0 99.7 521.08 524.63 3097.45
6 6th June 2005 12:00 BST 45°26.00 046°30.00 0 22.23 531.33 546.86 3106.71
7 7th JUNE 2005 1200BST 44°56.00 045°31.00 0 95.19 625.93 642.05 3060.41
8 8th June 2005 12:00 BST 44°56.00 44°32.00 0 77.62 693.83 719.67 2990.38
9 9th June 2005 1200bst 45°21.00 042°59.00 0 130.36 785.44 850.03 2860.37
10 10th June 2005 12:00 BST 45°31.00 041°32.00 0 114.93 885.55 964.96 2749.38
11 JUNE 11 2005 1200bst 45°18.00 040°26.00 0 89.38 974.78 1054.34 2680.75
12 12th JUNE 2005 1200bst 45°30.00 040°00.00 0 40.56 999.91 1094.9 2640.71
13 13th June 2005 12:00 BST 45°20.00 039°04.00 0 75.34 1075.09 1170.24 2581.62
14 14th JUNE 2005 1200BST 45°14.00 037°39.00 0 111.67 1184.2 1281.91 2484.99
15 15th June 2005 12:00 BST 45°22.00 036°35.00 0 84.94 1259.6 1366.85 2402.68
16 16th June 2005 12:00 BST 45°37.00 035°19.00 0 102.8 1347 1469.65 2300.94
17 17th June 2005 12:00 BST 45°50.00 033°54.00 0 112.84 1447.41 1582.49 2190.19
18 18th June 2005 12:00 BST 45°46.00 032°23.00 0 118.12 1563.4 1700.61 2084.84
19 19th June 2005 12:00 BST 45°49.00 031°01.00 0 106.39 1664.86 1807 1985.17
20 20thJune 2005. 1200bst. 46°01.00 029°40.00 0 107.03 1760.97 1914.03 1880.22
21 21st June 2005 12:00BST 46°24.00 028°31.00 0 98.42 1837.53 2012.45 1781.94
22 22nd JUNE 2005 1200BST 46°36.00 027°18.00 0 95.97 1923.83 2108.42 1687.03
23 23rd June 2005 12:00 BST 46°47.00 025°59.00 0 102.72 2017.89 2211.14 1585.89
24 24th JUNE 20005 1200BST 46°52.00 024°43.00 0M 97.07 2110.36 2308.21 1492.53
25 25th June 2005 12:00 BST 46°58.00 023°58.00 0 58.18 2163.8 2366.39 1435.29
26 26TH JUNE 2005 1200BST 46°54.00 023°13.00 0 57.58 2221.15 2423.97 1384.89
27 27th June 2005 12:00BST 46°58.00 022°17.00 0 71.44 2288.82 2495.41 1316.19
28 28th JUNE 2005 1200bst 47°06.00 020°56.00 0 103.65 2385.54 2599.06 1215.53
29 29th June 2005 12:00 BST 47°16.00 019°41.00 0 96.51 2473.72 2695.57 1120.79
30 30th JUNE 2005 1200bst 47°29.00 018°16.00 0 109.63 2572.57 2805.2 1012.6
31 1st July 2005 12:00 BST 47°55.00 016°52.00 0 115.57 2664.27 2920.77 897.24
32 2nd JULY 2005 1200bst 48°27.00 015°38.00 0 109.21 2741.14 3029.98 791.16
33 3rd July 2005 12:00BST 48°21.00 014°01.00 0 120.2 2860.43 3150.18 681.7
34 4th JULY 2005 1200bst 48°36.00 12°35.00 0 109.53 2957.4 3259.71 572.72
35 5th July 2005 12:00 BST 48°52.00 11°28.00 0 87.31 3030.68 3347.02 485.41
36 6th JULY 2005 1200bsr 48°46.00 010°31.00 0 70.63 3101.14 3417.65 424.55
37 7th July 2005 12:00BST 48°39.00 009°16.00 0 92.88 3193.54 3510.53 348.21
38 8th July 2005 12:00 BST 48°30.00 008°15.00 0 76.83 3270.36 3587.36 296.17
39 9th July 2005 12:00 BST 48°30.00 007°10.00 0 80.05 3347.53 3667.41 239.64
40 10th July 2005 12:00 BST 48°29.00 006°25.00 0 55.46 3401.37 3722.87 210.69
 
ABBREVIATIONS
DTTDistance traveled total (true)
DTDistance traveled since last update (true)
DTSDistance traveled straight line (as the crow fly)
DTG Distance to go straight line (as the crow fly)