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- 18-07 PRESSRELEASE: Dutch Ocean rower Ralph Tuijn safely arrives in Papua New Guinea
- 18-07 Pick-up successful! Ralph on board Alatu Queen.
- 15-07 Daily report for 12th July: reached a milestone
- 15-07 Daily report for 11th July
- 11-07 Daily Report 10 July
- 10-07 Daily Report 9 July
- 08-07 Daily Report 8 July
- 08-07 Daily report 6 July
- 08-07 Daily Report 5 July
- 08-07 Daily Report 4 July
- 06-07 Daily report for 3rd July
- 04-07 Daily report for 2nd July
- 02-07 The weather gods are smiling on Ralph
- 01-07 Daily report for 29th and 30th june
- 30-06 Kilos of fresh fish!
- 27-06 Unintelligible report
- 26-06 Summary reports
- 25-06 Ralph sounds relaxed again
- 24-06 The most dangerous stage is over!
- 20-06 Daily report for 17th and 18th June
- 17-06 Daily report for 15th and 16th June
- 16-06 Finally a bit of progress
- 15-06 Daily report fot 13th June
- 14-06 Charging problems
- 13-06 Daily report for 9th and 10th June
- 11-06 Tough going!
- 10-06 Daily report for 7th June
- 10-06 Daily report for 6th June
- 09-06 Report for 5th June
- 06-06 Gloomy prospects!
- 05-06 Daily report for 2nd June
- 04-06 Daily report for 1st June
- 03-06 Daily report for 31st May
- 03-06 Daily report for 30th May
- 02-06 Daily report for 29th May
- 30-05 Daily report for 28th May
- 29-05 Daily report for 26th May
- 28-05 Zeeman Challenger capsizes!
- 28-05 Report for 24th May
- 27-05 Daily report for 23rd May
- 26-05 Daily report for 22nd May
- 23-05 Where shall we go to? Well, let’s ask the Pacific!
- 21-05 Daily report for 17th to 20th May
- 20-05 Daily report for 16th May
- 19-05 Collision with a Korean fishing boat!
- 15-05 Heading north about!
- 14-05 It’s still tough going!
- 13-05 Daily report for 11th May
- 13-05 Report for 9th and 10th May
- 09-05 Daily report for 6th to 8th May
- 08-05 Finally a great day – 54 miles
- 07-05 Report for 2nd and 3rd May
- 07-05 Daily report for 1st May
- 06-05 Report for 27th to 30th April
- 02-05 Brisbane or Cairns?
- 29-04 Ralph has departed!
- 27-04 Report for 22nd April.
- 24-04 Electrics on board repaired
- 22-04 Daddy’s little doll is back!
- 08-04 PRESS RELEASE
- 03-12 Ralph safely on land. Zeeman Ocean Challenge suspended.
- 27-11 BREAKING NEWS: Rendezvous successful
- 26-11 Curly on his way to Ralph
- 26-11 It's going to be a close one!
- 23-11 Ralph underway to Fiji
- 21-11 We'll just go to Fiji, then, if that's what the Pacific wants...
- 20-11 It's Ralph's birthday
- 19-11 The Gospel has arrived
- 18-11 Daily report
- 17-11 Daily report
- 16-11 Better Late Than Never
- 15-11 Report for the 7th to the 9th of November (2): the prayer
- 14-11 Report for the 7th to the 9th of November (1)
- 12-11 Report for the past four days
- 09-11 One day of rowing with nothing to show for it!
- 08-11 The first few days of November
- 07-11 Trouble on the way
- 05-11 Another quarter of the way to go
- 04-11 Less than two thousand miles to Brisbane!
- 02-11 Against the current
- 01-11 Voicemail: the first few days at sea (2)
- 01-11 Voicemail: the first few days at sea (1)
- 31-10 Journal of the last few days on Atafu
- 29-10 The advantage of getting shipwrecked
- 27-10 Ralph's story
- 26-10 Beautiful pictures from Atafu
- 25-10 A tricky beginning
- 24-10 New sponsor: Royal Printing Establishment EM. de Jong
- 23-10 First message from the Zeeman Challenger
- 20-10 PRESSRELEASE: Ocean rower Ralph Tuijn continues epic journey
- 19-10 Package of supplies has finally arrived - Zeeman Ocean Challenge to start again soon
- 12-10 BREAKING NEWS: PACKAGE OF COMPONENTS HAS NOT ARRIVED!
- 03-10 Boat will depart from Apia on the 4th of October. EDD for the Zeeman Ocean Challenge: 12th-14th of October.
- 24-09 Report Atafu - part 3
- 17-09 Report Atafu part 2
- 14-09 Report Atafu part 1
- 12-09 Repairs are going well!
- 10-09 Equipment underway
- 07-09 Faka Tokelau
- 05-09 The logistical challenges for the base camp
- 04-09 Chance of restarting project now 99%!
- 03-09 We can keep going!
- 30-08 Report from Atafu
- 29-08 Update from Atafu
- 29-08 Report from the doctor's surgery on Atafu
- 26-08 RALPH UNHARMED. THE ZEEMAN OCEAN CHALLENGE IS OVER.
- 25-08 Damage after the storm
- 24-08 I'm sick to death of this storm!
- 23-08 Daily report
- 22-08 Rowing on the loo!
- 21-08 Threat of thunderstorms continues
- 20-08 The worst night of my life!
- 17-08 Underway for five months
- 16-08 A bit further towards Peru
- 16-08 Back to Peru
- 14-08 ZEEMAN CHALLENGER CAPSIZES! RALPH OVERBOARD!
- 13-08 Preparing yourself for the most dangerous bit
- 09-08 Braking as hard as possible
- 08-08 Course still too southerly
- 03-08 Webmasters: do your bit for charity!
- 02-08 Rowed across two Atlantic Oceans, just over one more to go!
- 01-08 5000 miles from Peru
- 31-07 Lively trade wind and pounding breakers
- 30-07 Less than 3000 miles to Brisbane!
- 29-07 Daily report
- 27-07 PayPal donations are now also possible
- 27-07 Daily report
- 26-07 Finally some sushi!
- 26-07 5000 miles rowed!
- 25-07 Windless
- 24-07 Serious chest wound!
- 22-07 Pimp my boat!
- 20-07 Let's party like a rock star!
- 20-07 4500 miles!
- 19-07 SHARK ATTACK! ASSAULT BY SHARK ENDS IN DEATH!
- 18-07 Daily report
- 17-07 THE ENGLISH WEBSITE IS GOING TO CLOSE DOWN
- 17-07 Underway for four months!
- 17-07 Friday the thirteenth!
- 16-07 Fatal mistake!
- 16-07 That time of day!
- 13-07 I caught my 50th fish today and ate it as well, of course!
- 12-07 Monster wave spills over laptop
- 12-07 A black day on the Pacific
- 11-07 It was great rowing again today!
- 10-07 Zeeman Ocean Challenge 200 rowing days under way
- 10-07 4000 miles out of Peru
- 09-07 Halfway across the Pacific. Another small half to go!
- 06-07 4000 miles from Peru!
- 05-07 Halfway across the Pacific. Another small half to go!
- 04-07 YESSSSSS... HALF-WAY ACROSS THE PACIFIC!
- 03-07 Less than 4000 miles to Brisbane
- 03-07 4000 miles rowed
- 03-07 Mid-Pacific crossing complete - passed the first islands
- 28-06 The wind and waves just keep coming!
- 28-06 Found the breasts, and a new daily record!
- 27-06 Remember me! Same name, same game, new gang!
- 24-06 A new group of dorados
- 22-06 Daily report
- 21-06 Daily report for the 18th of June
- 20-06 Daily report
- 19-06 He's back!
- 18-06 He's gone!
- 17-06 Bonus video for our sponsors: sea turtles
- 16-06 Underway for three months
- 15-06 Will it work or won't it?
- 14-06 WATER-MAKER ISN'T WORKING!
- 14-06 Shark goes crazy!
- 13-06 Less than 5000 miles to Brisbane!
- 12-06 Daily report for the 8th of June
- 11-06 The Flying Dutchman
- 10-06 One-third of the Pacific crossing completed and a new daily record
- 08-06 Crossed one Atlantic Ocean, two more to go!
- 07-06 Even less food
- 06-06 Video: flying fish
- 05-06 A swollen sea and a pesky shark
- 04-06 Daily report for Thursday the 31st of May
- 03-06 Daily report for the 30th of May
- 03-06 From zero to hero (video)
- 01-06 Dorados, grey triggerfish, tuna, barracudas and a shark
- 31-05 Just reeling them in with a short line
- 31-05 Stung by a sea wasp
- 30-05 Current, wind and waves coming from the wrong direction
- 30-05 Daily report for the 25th and 26th of May
- 29-05 Daily report for Thursday the 24th of May
- 28-05 A daily record: 60 miles!
- 26-05 Bonus films for our sponsors
- 25-05 Two million rowing strokes into the journey and 114 miles in two days
- 24-05 A quarter of the way through the crossing and a new daily record of 58 miles
- 24-05 Daily report for Monday the 21st of May
- 23-05 Daily report for Sunday the 20th of May
- 22-05 Nearly a quarter of the way there
- 22-05 Deafening silence
- 22-05 Mystery finally solved!
- 21-05 Two birthdays on one day
- 21-05 Daily report for Wednesday the 16th of May
- 18-05 Ralph's appeal
- 18-05 Daily report for Tuesday the 15th of May
- 16-05 SHARK ATTACK! RALPH HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY A SHARK!
- 16-05 Daily report for Saturday the 12th of May, part 2
- 15-05 Daily report for Saturday the 12th of May, part 1 (+ video)
- 15-05 Daily report for Friday the 11th of May (+ video)
- 14-05 Video: A distinguished visitor
- 14-05 New daily record - oh yes, the first day above fifty miles
- 11-05 Another good 37-mile day
- 10-05 Attacked on the boat!
- 10-05 This isn't getting me very far!
- 09-05 Jim Shekhdar
- 09-05 Sluggish waters
- 08-05 Back to the 40s!
- 08-05 We're going the right way again!
- 07-05 Fish on the menu!
- 04-05 Strange currents!
- 04-05 40 miles on Queen's Day, 41 miles on Labour Day!
- 03-05 Ralph celebrates Queen's Day!
- 02-05 For the highest bidder!
- 01-05 Battery is now charging well!
- 29-04 Not enough power!
- 28-04 RECORD!! First day above 40 miles.
- 27-04 26-04 Spring-cleaning
- 26-04 Daily report for the 24th of April
- 25-04 The first 1000-mile landmark!
- 25-04 Yes! Southward!
- 24-04 A good day's rowing
- 24-04 A dorado that's a good metre long
- 22-04 New sponsor
- 20-04 Third good day in a row: one million rowing strokes into the journey!
- 19-04 The results for Day 2 are in: another good day!
- 19-04 BREAKING NEWS: the Zeeman Ocean Challenge may have to be abandoned!
- 18-04 Back on course!
- 17-04 Daily report for the 15th of April
- 16-04 Underway for a month
- 16-04 Ever faster northward
- 16-04 Multi-functional boxers
- 13-04 It remains a problem with the currents
- 12-04 Daily report for the 10th of April
- 12-04 The current is improving. Back on course
- 12-04 I don't know if i'll make it through here
- 11-04 Course becoming worse
- 11-04 Fighting for every metre
- 11-04 Daily report for the 6th of April
- 10-04 I can't be doing with these nights
- 06-04 Daily report for the 4th of April
- 05-04 Daily report for the 3rd of April
- 04-04 Frustration and powerlessness
- 04-04 Things aren't going very well at all out there at sea
- 04-04 You'll get through it
- 04-04 Fed up at sea
- 03-04 El Nino
- 03-04 Daily report for the 30th of March
- 31-03 Heavy cloud cover and rain showers
- 30-03 Wind from all directions
- 29-03 Daily report for the 27th of March
- 28-03 I might as well have just stayed in bed
- 28-03 Drifting to the north
- 28-03 Daily report for the 24th of March
- 27-03 Kathleen Saville
- 27-03 Daily report for the 23rd of March
- 26-03 Rowing with difficulty against the current
- 23-03 Communication difficulties
- 23-03 Video: preparations in and departure from Peru
- 23-03 Video from the Zeeman Challenger: dancing dolphins
- 22-03 Fire on board!
- 22-03 The Humboldt Current
- 21-03 Sleeping whales and leaping dolphins
- 20-03 Daily report for the 18th of March
- 20-03 Daily report for the 17th of March
- 20-03 Daily report for the 16th of March
- 19-03 New photo album: stay in and departure from Peru
- 19-03 First daily report, direct from the ocean
- 16-03 THE ZEEMAN OCEAN CHALLENGE HAS STARTED - Ralph has departed
- 15-03 Departure postponed for one day
- 14-03 Nearly there! Just a little longer.....
- 14-03 El Pisco Sauer
- 08-03 Daily report for Tuesday the 6th of March
- 07-03 Down to work!
- 05-03 "Ladies and gentlemen, WE GOT HIM!"
- 05-03 It's going great here in Peru
- 01-03 A gringo in Peru
- 01-03 Putting the weekend to good use
- 01-03 Het gaat lekker, hier in Peru
- 28-02 Planned departure date: Saturday the 10th of March
- 27-02 Everything's being counted, down to the last screw, nut and bolt
- 26-02 Organising in Peru
- 22-02 New sponsor: Dekker Watersport
- 21-02 19-02 Ralph has departed for Peru
- 15-02 Starting point for phase two of the Zeeman Ocean Challenge announced
- 13-02 When in Rome....
- 05-02 Extreme waves were measurement errors
- 01-02 New sponsors
- 23-01 Concerning the media, a jealous Isis and a very special alarm clock
- 22-01 Another new video clp: 'The broken auto-pilot'
- 17-01 Video: the first two days
- 17-01 Thanks to everyone on St. Lucia and Curacao!
- 16-01 New video clip
- 15-01 A few photos
- 15-01 Home again at last
- 12-01 First videos from the Atlantic Ocean
- 09-01 Ralph back in Holland on Wednesday morning
- 09-01 Greetings from Curacao
- 08-01 Request to the management of KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines
- 08-01 Mike Tuijn: "We need more sponsor money"
- 02-01 Mike has landed at Schiphol
- 02-01 Communication equipment works again; first TV images will probably be on SBS 6 this Monday
- 31-12 Back at sea
- 31-12 Repairs to the Zeeman Challenger underway; Mike will land at Schiphol (Amsterdam) on the 1st of January at 8:30am; tragedy on La Gomera
- 27-12 Photos of the last legs of the journey
- 26-12 Christmas 2006: reunited with family
- 24-12 They're here!!!
- 23-12 The men are in tow
- 22-12 BREAKING NEWS: ETA is Saturday morning at 09:00
- 22-12 The sea rules - ETA: Saturday afternoon
- 21-12 The final preparations for the arrival
- 21-12 Latest news - tow to Curacao
- 20-12 New adventurers check in
- 20-12 WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS!
- 19-12 Man overboard during the Rames Guyana rowing race
- 18-12 Information about the Zeeman Ocean Challenge 2007
- 17-12 Curacao, here we come!
- 16-12 Reception on the ferry bridge
- 15-12 Pirates of the Caribbean
- 14-12 Waiting for the statistics: 20th, 21st or 22nd of December?
- 13-12 You can't have a journey without a destination
- 12-12 On the way to Curacao
- 12-12 Estimated Time of Arrival: 20th of December
- 11-12 A stop-over at St. Lucia
- 08-12 On the way to St. Lucia
- 07-12 New automatic pilot flown in
- 07-12 THEY'VE DONE IT ! RALPH AND MIKE CROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN!
- 07-12 Waves fling the rowing boat back: distance travelled MINUS 15 miles!
- 07-12 Near collision disconcerts rowers
- 07-12 Heavy weather at sea - rowers permanently tethered!
- 07-12 Zeeman Challenger capsizes! Last legs of the journey extremely tough!
- 06-12 Another 100 miles to row using a compass and the sun
- 05-12 Zeeman Challenger out of control! Backup auto-pilot also defective!
- 05-12 Warm meals have been rationed!
- 04-12 Elated rowers are confident enough to give ETA
- 01-12 Battling with a mega-dorado, showering without any water, butterflies and freighters.... the week from day to say
- 30-11 Less than 1000 miles to go to Curacao
- 30-11 Brotherly love
- 28-11 Freak waves do exist!
- 28-11 Two new sponsors: NetwerkVSP and Westerzee
- 27-11 Encounter at sea
- 26-11 The Puffin TransAtlantic Row 1966 - 2006
- 24-11 Tearing across the ocean
- 23-11 Heading straight for goal
- 22-11 Course still too far to the North
- 22-11 Zeeman Challenger off course: Barbados or Barbuda?
- 21-11 Surfing on the waves
- 20-11 Initial predictions for the arrival date: Wednesday the 20th of December
- 20-11 Happy Birthday Ralph!
- 18-11 Dutch Navy lends a hand to rowers!
- 17-11 Evergreen in action
- 17-11 Murphy's Law
- 16-11 The mystery of the disappearing Saturday evening packages
- 16-11 IT'S MIKE'S BiRTHDAY!
- 15-11 Best before......it's gone
- 15-11 St. Martin's Day on the Atlantic Ocean
- 15-11 52 miles! Now we're talking!
- 14-11 Daily reports for the 6th, 7th and 8th of November
- 14-11 The trade winds are a myth!
- 13-11 Brothers in the same boat
- 13-11 Prisoners at sea
- 12-11 Freak waves on the ocean
- 10-11 Not a single fish to be seen
- 09-11 Following in the footsteps of Columbus
- 09-11 Rowing in the doldrums
- 08-11 Press release
- 08-11 Mike's story
- 07-11 NO! WE DEFINITELY CAN'T EAT THIS FISH!
- 07-11 Can we eat this fish?
- 05-11 Fishing is a big-time sport!
- 03-11 Why there are so few hurricanes this year
- 03-11 A 26-hour rowing day
- 03-11 Every disadvantage has an advantage
- 02-11 That's the time!
- 01-11 Saturday 28-10 (A night-time cuppa)
- 01-11 Underway for a month
- 01-11 What's the time?
- 30-10 Phone contact with Zeeman Challenger
- 30-10 From Barbados to St. Maarten; from St. Maarten to Willemstad?
- 27-10 It' s the weekend again on the boat!
- 26-10 A friendly tip for Bhavik Gandhi
- 26-10 Daily report 23-10-06
- 25-10 The greatest ocean rowers of all time
- 25-10 I love boys
- 25-10 Our daily routine
- 25-10 The first dorados have been caught and eaten
- 24-10 Mike Tuijn - our hero
- 20-10 Underway for three weeks
- 19-10 We've reached the Dead Zone
- 19-10 Daily report of 15-10-2006
- 18-10 Please call us, Mr Heineken!
- 18-10 The crossing - let's go!
- 18-10 Full speed ahead?
- 16-10 Shark in the wake.....
- 15-10 Action on the Cape Verdean islands
- 12-10 Major power cut hits Ocean Challenge website
- 10-10 THE MEN ARE GOING TO MOOR UP! BOAT ON ITS WAY TO CAPE VERDEAN ISLANDS!
- 09-10 Films of departure from La Gomera
- 09-10 Looking forward to fresh fish
- 09-10 Photos of makeshift wind generator
- 08-10 Windmill repaired on-board
- 06-10 High waves break the windmill
- 04-10 Sound of silence
- 02-10 Day 6: Monday the 2nd of October
- 02-10 Reports from the 30th of September and the 1st of October
- 01-10 Rowing without getting anywhere
- 30-09 Rowers in distress? Spanish coastguard to the rescue!
- 29-09 Seasickness was the reason for lack of contact
- 29-09 No contact with the boat yet
- 27-09 THE ZEEMAN OCEAN CHALLENGE HAS BEGUN!
- 27-09 Saying goodbye to wives and kids
- 26-09 Update: Departure on the 27th of September at 09:00 local time
- 21-09 How do the statistics work?
- 21-09 Big brother is watching you!
- 18-09 New departure date: Monday the 25th of September
- 17-09 Date of departure postponed!
- 16-09 Sleeping on the beach in Tenerife
- 15-09 Boat released by customs in Tenerife
- 11-09 The baggage is missing!
- 10-09 Ralph and Mike depart for La Gomera
- 07-09 Farewell dinner for Ralph and Michael
- 04-09 Brawn at sea
- 24-08 Zeeman Challenger on the transport to La Gomera
- 16-08 Ralph Tuijn's honeymoon
- 10-08 Self-righting test is a complete success
- 21-07 There's a lot of hard work going on behind the scenes
- 13-07 Setbacks belong with the preparations
- 05-07 Training in the heat
- 14-06 First long training trip causes a lot of blisters
- 06-06 Spend the night on a mat of 89 mm
- 01-06 Correctly securing the equipment improves the safety
- 26-05 The Harlingen-Terschelling cutter rowing race: a perfect training
- 24-05 There are more people who love challenges
- 20-05 A lot of work has to be done during the preparations.
- 17-05 Installation of the communication and navigation equipment
- 14-05 Not everyone is successful on the Atlantic Ocean
- 09-05 The first real training
- 01-05 Awareness of the project increases
- 22-04 Launch of the Zeeman Ocean Challenge
- 18-04 Launch of the Zeeman Challenger in IJmuiden
- 12-04 Just 1 week to go till the official boat launch!
- 09-04 10 days to go...
- 30-03 The rowing team of the Hogeschool Holland institute of higher learning
- 28-03 Zeeman Challenger collected from Neocoatings
- 17-03 Ocean rowboat "Zeeman Challenger" collected from Ter Aar
- 15-03 The second layer: Zeeman yellow
- 30-11 Title
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| LON: | 153:41:44 e |
| miles rowed | 7592 |
| days | 280 |
| miles to Brisbane | 0 |
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| progress | 19 |
