A team of four from the Dartmouth Rowing Club competing in the Atlantic Rowing Regatta ORSARR 2004 aboard Queensgate, their 24ft carbonfibre, Phil Morrison design are currently leading the 13-boat fleet

A team of four from the Dartmouth Rowing Club competing in the Atlantic Rowing Regatta ORSARR 2004 aboard Queensgate, their 24ft carbonfibre, Phil Morrison design are currently leading the 13-boat fleet. See previous news story here. 

Although they are the sole entry in the ‘four’ category and are hoping to make the crossing in the fastest possible time, the main aim of Ian ‘Yorkie’ Lomas, Jason Hart and Shaun Barker is to become the first ocean fours team to row the Atlantic.

The fleet of six pairs, six doubles and one four, left San Sebastian in the Canary Islands in a strong north-easterly tail wind on Tuesday 20 January on their 2,900 mile race to Port St Charles in Barbados. The Dartmouth boys soon disappeared over the horizon making over five knots with Phil Langman and Yorkie Lomas at the blades and are currently 274 miles ahead of the British pairing of Christopher Morgan and Michael Perrens aboard Carpe Diem.

The crossing is expected to take 40 days.

Latest positions

15 Queensgate 4 crew, 609 miles (980 km) (529 nautical miles) from the start

10 Carpe Diem 2 crew, 335 miles (539 km) (291 nautical miles) from the start

12 Sea Slug 2 crew, 325 miles (523 km) (282 nautical miles) from the start

05 Pacific Pete TNT 1 crew, 314 miles (506 km) (273 nautical miles) from the start

02 New Horizons 2 crew, 310 miles (499 km) (269 nautical miles) from the start

11 Linda 2 crew, 317 miles (511 km) (276 nautical miles) from the start

7 Marion Lviv 1 crew, 260 miles (419 km) (226 nautical miles) from the start

04 Against all odds* 2 crew, 249 miles (400 km) (216 nautical miles) from the start

08 Kenneth C 2 crew, 240 miles (386 km) (208 nautical miles) from the start

01 NaJoJo 1 crew, 223 miles (359 km) (194 nautical miles) from the start

06 Alison May 1 crew, 198 miles (318 km) (172 nautical miles) from the start

03 Acorn Atlantic Warrior 1 crew, 153 miles (246 km) (133 nautical miles) from the start

29 Calderdale – TYC 2 crew, 134 miles (215 km) (116 nautical miles) from the start

13 Moose on the Move 1 crew, 128 miles (205 km) (111 nautical miles) from the start