Ocean rowing books

Books may have been reprinted at different dates in different formats. Any date in brackets after the book title refers to the year of the row which the book relates to. Some books are out of print and may be purchased at various second hand online retailers (e.g. Amazon, Ebay etc.) All listings are in alphabetical order. Please let us know if you notice any titles that are missing.

A Dip in the Ocean: Rowing Solo Across the Indian
By Sarah Outen
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Summersdale; 1st Edition edition (7 Feb 2011)
ISBN-10: 1849531277
ISBN-13: 978-1849531276

A little goes a long way
By Tiny Little
Available from the Ocean Rowing Society (email oceanrowing@compuserve.com)
Papeback: 145 pages
Published by Barnwell Print Ltd
ISBN: 978-0-9566242-0-8

A Fighting Chance (1966)
By John Ridgeway and Chay Blyth
Hardback: 225 pages
Paul Hamlyn 1966 & Pan Paberback 1968
ASIN: B0000CNAYV

A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
By Tori Murden McClure
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Harper (April 7, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0061718866
ISBN-13: 978-0061718861

Across the Savage Sea: The Epic Journey of the First Woman to Row Across the North Atlantic
By Maud Fontenoy (Author), Martin Sobolinsky (Translator), Gerard d’Aboville (Foreword)
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Arcade Publishing; Reprint edition (January 4, 2012)
ISBN-10: 161145106X
ISBN-13: 978-1611451061

Alone: The Man Who Braved the Vast Pacific and Won (1992)
By Gerard D’Aboville
Hardback: 167 pages
Publisher: Arcade Publishing (1993)
ISBN: 1-55970-218-4

Antigua Or Bust!
By Rachel Q Smith
Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: Spire Publishing (2 Dec 2011)
ISBN-10: 1926635639
ISBN-13: 978-1926635637

Atlantique : 87 Jours à la rame en solitaire
“Atlantic: 87 days rowing by myself”
By Anne Quéméré, photos by Ronan Quéméré
In French
Paperback: 139 pages
Publisher : Le Télégramme (Editions) – Pêcheur d’images (Editions) (20 janvier 2005)
ISBN-10: 2848331208
ISBN-13: 978-2848331201

Atlantic4
By David Martin, George Simpson, Neil Wightwick, Glynn Coupland
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/atlantic4

Beijing to Barbados in a Rowboat
(How China and the West pulled together to row across the Atlantic)
By Christian Havrehed (Author), Her Majesty Queen Noor (Foreword)
Paperback: 223 pages
Publisher: Impact Books (2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9889742721
ISBN-13: 978-9889742720

Bold Man of the Sea: My Epic Journey (2001)
By Jim Shekhdar
Hardback: 255 pages
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 0-340-82170-7

Britannia (1969)
By John Fairfax
Hardback: 223 pages
Publisher: William Kimber & Co (1972)
SBN: 7183 0352 0

Challenging the Pacific: The First Woman to Row the Kon-Tiki Route
Maud Fontenoy (Author)
Hardcover: 166 pages
Publisher: Arcade Publishing (November 9, 2006)
ISBN-10: 1559708182
ASIN: B0046LUU72

Daring the sea – The true story of the first men to row across the Atlantic ocean
By David W Shaw
Hardcover
Publisher: Carol Publishing, Secaucus NJ (1998)
ISBN: 1-55972-460-9
Also in Mass Market Paperback: 303 pages
Publisher: Pinnacle Books (August 1, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0786014067
ISBN-13: 978-0786014064

Furthest North: An Epic Adventure Rowing the Arctic to a Pole Position
By Rod MacRae
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Frozen World Publishing; 1st edition (3 Dec 2011)
ISBN-10: 0957105606
ISBN-13: 978-0957105607

Hurricane Halsey
By Andrew Halsey and Joy Lennick
Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Libros International (1 July 2009)
ISBN-10: 190598863X
ISBN-13: 978-1905988631

I Had to Dare (1971)
By Tom McClean
Hardcover: 149 pages
Publisher: Jarrolds; First Edition edition (2 Aug 1971)
ISBN-10: 0091086809
ISBN-13: 978-0091086800

Il Pacifico a remi. I miei trecento giorni da solo sull’oceano
“The pacific by oar. My 300 days alone on the ocean”
By Alex Bellini
In Itallian (250 pages)
Publisher: Longanesi  (2010)

Journey to Ardmore
By John Ridgway
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; First Printing edition (February 22, 1971)
ISBN-10: 0340125128
ISBN-13: 978-0340125120

Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean
By Paul Gleeson, Tori Holmes and Liam Gorman
Hardcover: 162 pages
Publisher: The Collins Press; illustrated edition edition (1 Oct 2006)
ISBN-10: 1905172346
ISBN-13: 978-1905172344

Ma victoire sur l’Atlantique
“My victory over the Atlantic”
By Peggy Bouchet
In French
Paperback: 197 pages
Publisher : Actes graphiques (1999)
ISBN-10: 2862747165
ISBN-13: 978-2862747163

Mi chiamavano montanaro
“They called me Montanaro”
By Alex Bellini
In Italian (185 pages)
Pubisher: Longanesi  (2007)

Mission: Atlantic – four women against an ocean
By Chris Morvan
Paperback: 146 pages
ASIN: B001PAD088

Naked Ambition (2006)
By Richard Wood
http://www.rowextreme.com/challenges/atlantic/book.html

Oars across the Pacific (1972)
By John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook
Hardback: 255 pages
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co inc.
ISBN – 0-393-03175-6

Oar-some: The World’s First Four-Man Crew Ever to Row Any Ocean
By Jennifer Dawn Brumham
Hardcover: 184 pages
Publisher: Oar4Won (2005)
ISBN-10: 0954941306
ISBN-13: 978-0954941307

On Tempestuous Seas … Rowing Two Oceans
By Elin Haf Davies
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch (28 Sep 2011)
ISBN-10: 1845273605
ISBN-13: 978-1845273606

Pacific Voyage Rowing: 10,000 Miles Across the South Pacific
By Kathleen Saville and Curtis Saville
Paperback: 126 pages
Publisher: Aardvark Pub (Aug 1987)
ISBN-10: 0941507017
ISBN-13: 978-0941507011

Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean
By Julie Angus
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Greystone Books; Original edition (Mar 2009)
ISBN-10: 1553653378
ISBN-13: 978-1553653370

Rowing into the son: Four young men crossing the North Atlantic
By Jordan Hassen
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Mountaineers Books (Oct 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594856354
ISBN-13: 978-1594856358

Rowing it Alone: One Woman’s Extraordinary Transatlantic Adventure
By Debra Veal
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd (13 Sep 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1861055471
ISBN-13: 978-1861055477

Rowing the Atlantic: Lessons Learned on the Open Ocean
By Roz Savage
Paperback: 242 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (26 Oct 2010)
ISBN-10: 1439153728
ISBN-13: 978-1439153727

Sally’s Odd at Sea
By Sally Kettle
Paperback: 383 pages
Publisher: Clearway Logistics Consignment (October 5, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0955075157
ISBN-13: 978-0955075155

Solo
By Dave Clarke
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher Blue Dolphin Books
ISBN-10: 0955512417
ISBN-13: 978-0955512414

Small boat against the sea: The story of the first trans-world rowing attempt
By Derek King (on Peter Bird)
Hardcover: 244 pages
Publisher:  Elek; 1st Edition edition (1976)
ISBN-10: 0236400134
ISBN-13: 978-0236400133

Tasman Trespasser (1978)
By Colin Quincey
Hardcover: 203 pages
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (July 1, 1978)
ISBN-10: 0340227575
ISBN-13: 978-0340227572

Tasman Trespasser II
By Shaun Quincey
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Harper Collins NZ; 1st edition (2010)
ISBN-10: 1869508912
ISBN-13: 978-1869508913

The Atlantic Job – A Dad and a Lad
By Norman Beech
Paperback: 306 pages
Publisher: Filament Publishing (5 July 2011)
ISBN-10: 1905493754
ISBN-13: 978-1905493753

The Crazy Swede: en sann historia – “The crazy Swede: A true Story”
By Per Wirtén (about Anders Svelund)
In Swedish
Paperback: 208 pages
ISBN: 911301689X, 9789113016894

The Crossing: Conquering the Atlantic in the World’s Toughest Rowing Race
By James Cracknell and Ben Fogle
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Atlantic Books; Reprint edition (10 May 2007)
ISBN-10: 1843545128
ISBN-13: 978-1843545125

The Naked Rower: How Two Kiwis Took on the Atlantic-and Won!
By Rob Hamill
Paperback: 231 pages
Publisher: Hodder Moa Becket (2000)
ISBN-10: 1869587669
ISBN-13: 978-1869587666
ASIN: B000WDV892
www.robhamill.com

The Oarsome Adventures of a Fat Boy Rower:
How I Went from Couch Potato to Atlantic Rowing Race Winner
By Kevin Biggar
Paperback: 326 pages
Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd (August 15, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1869790219
ISBN-13: 978-1869790219

The Oceanrowers
by Kenneth Crutchlow & Steve Boga
Unpublished but exerts available online
http://www.oceanrowing.com/Oceanrowers/index.htm

The penance way: The mystery of Puffin’s Atlantic voyage (1966)
Hardcover: 252 pages
Publisher: Hutchinson; 1st Edition edition (1968)
ISBN-10: 0090888405
ISBN-13: 978-0090888405

Tűzhangya – “Fire Ant”
By Victoria and Gabor Rakonczay
In Hungarian
http://pongor-uzleti-konyvek.hu/spd/pp_879721

Wild Waters in the Roar
By Mike Noel-Smith
Paperback: 172 pages
Publisher: AuthorHouse (24 July 2008)
ISBN-10: 1438904207
ISBN-13: 978-1438904207

Ya sabia yo que en avion era mas facil – “I knew that plane was easier”
In Spanish
By Pedro Ripol
Paperback: 245 pages
ISBN-10: 8461543467
ISBN-13: 978-8461543465

Ocean Rowing films

Not many of these ocean rowing based films / documentaries are easy to buy / find.  Where they are more difficult to locate a known distributor’s website or email is listed below the film it relates to. Please check the format of the DVD and your player to make sure you’ll be able to watch it.