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Day 115 ‐ Oct 6, 2020

31.7 nm

Flares
Day 114 ‐ Oct 5, 2020

59 nm
Day 113 ‐ Oct 4, 2020

51.3 nm

Searching for Barbados

Looking out for Barbados

Less than 100 nautical miles (185 km) to Barbados! Weve already climbed to the 13 degree North and given the current weather forecast we should not have a problem getting to this tiny speck of land in...
Day 112 ‐ Oct 3, 2020

53.3 nm

Big picture

The Big Picture

Rowing nights on end under the moon makes you think about the big picture and contemplate your near and distant future Безкрайни гребни нощи под лунна светлина пораждат мисли за живота и съзерцаване н...
Day 111 ‐ Oct 2, 2020

52 nm

Birds

A love story

If at some point you end up being stuck on a life raft for days on end and see a bird fly by you, don’t start jumping around for joy because you may still be hundreds of miles away from land. We’ve be...
Day 110 ‐ Oct 1, 2020

27.9 nm

Davide and "Eileen de Avoca"

David

First time we see a human being and a sailing boat since we left Lanzarote 88 days ago. That is Davide and his boat Eileen of Avoca, who came with his dog and his cat from French Guyana to bring us fo...
Day 109 ‐ Sep 30, 2020

59.2 nm
Day 108 ‐ Sep 29, 2020

49.9 nm

Darik Radio interview

https://darikradio.bg/balgari-s-podvig-v-atlantika.html...
Day 107 ‐ Sep 28, 2020

53.2 nm
Day 106 ‐ Sep 27, 2020

58 nm

A night lit up

A Night Lit Up

Spent most of the night in thunderstorms steering away from lightings - first from the rowing seat and then, when the lightings got too close, from the cabin - using for the first time the Raymarine a...
Day 105 ‐ Sep 26, 2020

54.7 nm

"Eileen of Avoca"

Оur food supplies are almost depleted even though the ocean has been generous and given us 11 big fish! We've been at sea for 94 days, while we had planned our expedition to take 60 - 90 days. Davide...
Day 104 ‐ Sep 25, 2020

55.5 nm
Day 103 ‐ Sep 24, 2020

50.1 nm
Day 102 ‐ Sep 23, 2020

25.5 nm

Black Marlin

Black Marlin

A HUGE 3-4 meter long marlin caught up with us - one of the fastest fish in the ocean! !! While the top speed it reached was 7 knots (13 km/hr) when coming down a wave, these creatures can go up to 20...
Day 101 ‐ Sep 22, 2020

32 nm

Fireflies

Fireflies and Plankton

On rare nights we run through fluorescent plankton which resembles lightning bugs scattered on the water surface that intensify their glitter when moved around. On cloudless nights rowing through it f...
Day 100 ‐ Sep 21, 2020

20.9 nm

Destination change

We've rowed 3,700 nautical miles (6,850km) and have at least 800 nm(1,500km) more to go:) Most of the countries around us are still in Covid19 lockdowns with no operating commercial flights. This has...
Day 99 ‐ Sep 20, 2020

47.3 nm

stats

Day 91

All good with us. Rowing steadily in less than perfect conditions, but making progress! Lets take a moment to remind ourselves of the important need for Organ Donorship after death in Bulgaria and
Day 98 ‐ Sep 19, 2020

38 nm
Day 97 ‐ Sep 18, 2020

37.2 nm
Day 96 ‐ Sep 17, 2020

59.3 nm
Day 95 ‐ Sep 16, 2020

35.5 nm

Torpical Storm TEDDY

Tropical storm TEDDY

Hurricane TEDDY has moved NW so we're pulling the oars again! For the first 8 hours while the bigger waves are hitting we're rowing without a rudder since our rudder & spare rudder are a bit fragile (...
Day 94 ‐ Sep 15, 2020

22.4 nm

Tropical Storm TEDDY

Tropical storm TEDDY day 1

Sept 15th: Rowing in the Atlantic during an above average active hurricane season finally led us face to face with a tropical storm!. Although warned ahead,
Day 93 ‐ Sep 14, 2020

27 nm
Day 92 ‐ Sep 13, 2020

34.2 nm

In between storms

The third tropical storm that passed north of us forced us to stay on sea anchor and pushed us back 36miles. It took us 3days of rowing with insane efforts against the wind and waves to recuperate the...
Day 91 ‐ Sep 12, 2020

7.9 nm
Day 90 ‐ Sep 11, 2020

13.8 nm
Day 89 ‐ Sep 10, 2020

29.9 nm
Day 88 ‐ Sep 9, 2020

16 nm
Day 87 ‐ Sep 8, 2020

9.8 nm

Dolphine Dive

Second day on sea anchor due to head winds of 10 to 20+ knots caused by the tropical storm that is passing several hundred nautical miles north of us. Expecting we'll have to spend at least another tw...
Day 86 ‐ Sep 7, 2020

10 nm

Sea Anchor

Second day on sea anchor due to head winds of 10 to 20+ knots caused by the tropical storm that is passing several hundred nautical miles north of us. Expecting we'll have to spend at least another tw...
Day 85 ‐ Sep 6, 2020

25.2 nm
Day 84 ‐ Sep 5, 2020

40.3 nm

St Elmo's Fire

During the night we were run over by a thunderstorm. As children we were told that if you count the seconds between a lightning and its thunder, you will know approximately how many kilometers away th...

Satellite phone&Hotspot

Dear friends, our satellite phone with our hotspot (which enabled us to send daily posts and photos) stopped working a few days ago. Ocean humidity is brutal on technology. We are using now our second...
Day 83 ‐ Sep 4, 2020

25.7 nm
Day 82 ‐ Sep 3, 2020

19.9 nm
Day 81 ‐ Sep 2, 2020

23.4 nm

Currents

While in the doldrums our track on the charts looks more like a butterfly than a straight line. It has been physically and mentally daunting. We thought that when we reach 10.00'N we would free oursel...
Day 80 ‐ Sep 1, 2020

15.7 nm
Day 79 ‐ Aug 31, 2020

19 nm

RSS/Радио Свободна Европа

https://www.svobodnaevropa.bg/a/30828663.html
Day 78 ‐ Aug 30, 2020

41.1 nm
Day 77 ‐ Aug 29, 2020

27.9 nm

Submarines

Submarines

We haven't been rowing solo lately. For the past few weeks we have been escorted by an organized, structured and quite formidable fleet of at lea
Day 76 ‐ Aug 28, 2020

23.8 nm

Doldrum currents

Doldrum currents

For over a week we have been fighting a current which is flowing at 0.7.1.3 knots (1.3-2.3 km/hr) to the south east and hampering our progress to the west. When there is no current and n
Day 75 ‐ Aug 27, 2020

20.2 nm

Birthday Thanks!

We had our most unforgettable birthdays on NEVEREST: caught our biggest mahi-mahi so far which Max filleted into the most tender sashimi; enjoyed
Day 74 ‐ Aug 26, 2020

15.8 nm

Doldrums 2

Thank you for making our birthdays phenomenal! We are in the doldrums - the area between the paths of the northern and southern trade winds in the Atlantic where supposedly there should be no winds. T...
Day 73 ‐ Aug 25, 2020

32.1 nm

Max and Stefan

There is a double birthday on board of NEVEREST today and tomorrow - August 24th (Stefan 48) and August 25th (Max 17). The party is in the middle of the Atlantic and everyone is welcome! The Ocean gav...
Day 72 ‐ Aug 24, 2020

13.5 nm
Day 71 ‐ Aug 23, 2020

23.5 nm

Chicken Tikka

The moment when you find Chicken Tikka in the goodie bag!!! Момента, в който намираш Chicken Tikka (пиле Тика по индийски) в торбата за ядене!!!
Day 70 ‐ Aug 22, 2020

42.8 nm

Temperatures

Several people were curious about the temperature around us: when we left Portimāo, Portugal, the water temperature was 18C and air was about 28C. Today, August 20th, slightly north of South America,...
Day 69 ‐ Aug 21, 2020

30.5 nm

RadioBG

https://soundcloud.com/zhenie…/interview-neverest-17-08-2020
Day 68 ‐ Aug 20, 2020

37.7 nm

Winds

Our experienced navigators have informed us that the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone has moved quite a bit to the north - reaching a latitude of 10 degrees North (past our destination port of Cayenne,...
Day 67 ‐ Aug 19, 2020

24.6 nm
Day 66 ‐ Aug 18, 2020

16.6 nm

Sunrise

Days, weeks and months before our departure for the Atlantic crossing, there was one thing that unsettled me the most about our upcoming voyage: the complete isolation and distance from civilization....
Day 65 ‐ Aug 17, 2020

32.3 nm
Day 64 ‐ Aug 16, 2020

31.4 nm

Mahi Mahi

Mahi mahi

Kole Kole, yummy yummy mahi mahi sashimi sashimi Коле Коле, ам ам дорадо, дорадо
Day 63 ‐ Aug 15, 2020

21.4 nm
Day 62 ‐ Aug 14, 2020

71.7 nm
Day 61 ‐ Aug 13, 2020

24.1 nm
Day 60 ‐ Aug 12, 2020

27.8 nm

+2

Knife Fishing

Knife Fishing

When your fishing skills have improved so much, that you can catch your next fish with a knife...f
Day 59 ‐ Aug 11, 2020

60.7 nm
Day 58 ‐ Aug 10, 2020

43.8 nm
Day 57 ‐ Aug 9, 2020

15.5 nm
Day 56 ‐ Aug 8, 2020

31.9 nm

doldrums

Doldrums

These days we're having very light winds (<10knots) and tiny waves but the winds are constantly changing direction and at times blowing us back or sideways and bringing our speed to 1knot (1.8km/hr...
Day 55 ‐ Aug 7, 2020

46.9 nm

Day 55
Day 54 ‐ Aug 6, 2020

55.1 nm
Day 53 ‐ Aug 5, 2020

56.5 nm
Day 52 ‐ Aug 4, 2020

52.6 nm

Breakfast

Breakfast

We kick start our day in a good mood with our favorite and most frequent breakfast "NEVEREST" - 130 gr porridge or müesli - 50 gr nuts - 50gr dried fruit - 50 gr peanut butter - 20 gr plant protein Mi...
Day 51 ‐ Aug 3, 2020

51 nm
Day 50 ‐ Aug 2, 2020

47.9 nm
Day 49 ‐ Aug 1, 2020

57.8 nm

Hands

Q&A

QUESTION You talk a lot about the boat, the weather etc but what about your own health? How are your bodies coping, especially your hands? ANSWER: We started as absolute beginners 18 months ago, so we...
Day 48 ‐ Jul 31, 2020

48.2 nm

Barnacles
Day 47 ‐ Jul 30, 2020

51.5 nm
Day 46 ‐ Jul 29, 2020

42.7 nm

Turtle encounter

Turtle encounter

Finally - a sea creature slower than us!! Най-накрая - морско същество по-бавно от нас!!
Day 45 ‐ Jul 28, 2020

51.3 nm
Day 44 ‐ Jul 27, 2020

47.3 nm
Day 43 ‐ Jul 26, 2020

50.8 nm

Rudder issues

Houston, we had a problem...with the rudder. Its under control for now. Our rudder system consists of: a) fiberglass blade with NASA aqua-dynamic pro
Day 42 ‐ Jul 25, 2020

34.3 nm

Rudder

Fish soup

Fish Soup

Flying fish continue jumping onto NEVEREST at night, probably attracted by the light on top of the boat. Most are smaller than 20 cm, but when this slightly bigger guy jumped next to our cooking pot,...
Day 41 ‐ Jul 24, 2020

67 nm

+2

Fixing solar panels

Fixing Solar panels

Thank you for your incredible support, faith and motivation with which we kick start our days! The wind and waves calmed down a bit, so finally could climb on top of the front cabin and the back locke...

Half way point

Feeling emboldened - after rowing 3,000 km (1,600 nautical miles) in 31 days we’ve just passed the halfway point of our voyage across the Atlantic! That is on average 97km a day or more than 100km if...
Day 40 ‐ Jul 23, 2020

50.7 nm

Half way point

Water pump

Rationing electricity forced us to stop using our electric water maker as well. Each of the rowers has been hand pumping for 1 - 1.5 hours the manual desalinator in addition to rowing 12 hours a day....
Day 39 ‐ Jul 22, 2020

56.8 nm
Day 38 ‐ Jul 21, 2020

62.5 nm

Hand steering

The oxidation of 3 of our 4 solar panels forced us to drastically reduce our electricity consumption. Thus, we had to switch off and remove our autopilot, which we were previously using 24/7 to manage...
Day 37 ‐ Jul 20, 2020

60.8 nm

Orcas

Solar panels

If you have read books or watched movies about sailors, you must have noticed that always something gets damaged or broken on their yachts and they are constantly trying to fix this or that. Well, we...

Orca day

These past days progress has been slow, challenging our patience and perseverance in 5knot winds. Moments like this remind us of our cause (stimulating discussion around organ donorship after death) i...
Day 36 ‐ Jul 19, 2020

53.5 nm
Day 35 ‐ Jul 18, 2020

49.9 nm

solar panels oxidation

Portuguese man o'war

Portuguese man o'war

The Portuguese man o'war or Physalia is beautiful - it can be seen from afar on the water, as it's like a "sailboat" and floats on the sea surface, driven by winds and currents. Upon contact with its...
Day 34 ‐ Jul 17, 2020

41.8 nm
Day 33 ‐ Jul 16, 2020

39.3 nm

day 33

Day 33

Shark!!! Finally we get visited by a shark. It was 2-3 meters long, maybe 4, at most 5 but definitely not more than 6:-) Our friend and navigator Ralph Tuijn (who has rowed across oceans nine times) h...
Day 32 ‐ Jul 15, 2020

54.2 nm

day 32

day 32

Almost all day today we have a sensation that we are rowing downhill. We’ve had that sensation several times before and it is much more pleasant than the opposite one of rowing uphill, which we have a...
Day 31 ‐ Jul 14, 2020

62 nm
Day 30 ‐ Jul 13, 2020

50.3 nm
Day 29 ‐ Jul 12, 2020

59.7 nm
Day 28 ‐ Jul 11, 2020

59.3 nm
Day 27 ‐ Jul 10, 2020

65.7 nm
Day 26 ‐ Jul 9, 2020

21.9 nm

Day 26

Beginners luck - now is the second time we are throwing some hooks to trail behind the rowing boat 150км south of the Canaries and we catch our first:). Yippee!!! Kole Kole helped us prepare the fishi...
Day 25 ‐ Jul 8, 2020

50.3 nm

Day 25

Just completed 800 nautical miles (~1,500km) - roughly 1/4 of our planed ocean crossing. This gives us hope and confidence that we could make it till the end. Yesterday we were rowing in 20-22 knot wi...
Day 24 ‐ Jul 7, 2020

54.6 nm
Day 23 ‐ Jul 6, 2020

59.5 nm
Day 22 ‐ Jul 5, 2020

29.2 nm

+4

Day 22

While stronger winds were blowing around Lanzarote in the past few days, we saw some of the natural beauty of the island. Tomorrow (Sunday, July 5th), shortly after sunrise we are setting off towards...
Day 21 ‐ Jul 4, 2020

Day 21

Our adventures got some press coverage in the Bulgaria:-) https://www.dnevnik.bg/sport/2020/07/02/4086046_vpechatleniiata_na_bulgarite_ot_nachaloto_na_mi
Day 20 ‐ Jul 3, 2020
Day 19 ‐ Jul 2, 2020

+5

Day 19

While waiting in Lanzarote we've been busy repairing the leaking hatches - disassembling them and scraping off the silicone, which was supposedly suitable for yachts but apparently did not seal well....
Day 18 ‐ Jul 1, 2020
Day 17 ‐ Jun 30, 2020
Day 16 ‐ Jun 29, 2020
Day 15 ‐ Jun 28, 2020
Day 14 ‐ Jun 27, 2020
Day 13 ‐ Jun 26, 2020

26.2 nm

Day 13

12am moored NEVEREST@ the Marina de Lanzarote just in time for lunch! Hitting the showers, restaurants and marine supply shops before they close for the weekend! It was a battle with the wind last nig...
Day 12 ‐ Jun 25, 2020

48.5 nm

Day 12

We are about 33nm Northeast of the Marina of Lanzarote. The northern winds are blowing at 18 - 21 knots and we still have a chance of making it there if conditions do not deteriorate. For the past sev...
Day 11 ‐ Jun 24, 2020

46.6 nm

Day 11

120nm to Marina de Lanzarote in Arrecife to pick-up some devices for repairs. Coincidentally, on his first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus also stopped in the Can
Day 10 ‐ Jun 23, 2020

56.8 nm
Day 9 ‐ Jun 22, 2020

27.6 nm

Day 9

During our first night row in 20+knot winds and waves sometimes exceeding 5 meters, Max got thrown off his seat onto the deck by a rogue wave. One oar lock and one pin got twisted as one of the oars d...
Day 8 ‐ Jun 21, 2020

64.2 nm

Day 8

Moroccan Pirates? Nikolai Djambazov has been warning us several times, including yesterday, about Moroccan Pirates. Thank you, Captain! Last night when we were about 70nm from the coast of Morocco, tw...
Day 7 ‐ Jun 20, 2020

39 nm

Day 7

The spirit on Neverest is cautious and alert. We have a technical issue with the autopilot so we had to stop rowing during the night and we are working on resolving it. Once this is done we will be ag...
Day 6 ‐ Jun 19, 2020

59.7 nm

Day 6

Rowing in moonless nights heightens the senses and made us witness a fascinating phenomenon in the darkness – a flying train of Christmas lights Was it a meteorite or something else? Гребането в безлу...
Day 5 ‐ Jun 18, 2020

55.7 nm
Day 4 ‐ Jun 17, 2020

49.5 nm

Day 4 / Ден 4

We finished crossing the ship lanes of Gibraltar. Saw dozens of ships of all kinds and sizes - none of them too close to pose a danger. We are counting on a passive radio reflector and especially on a...
Day 3 ‐ Jun 16, 2020

49 nm

Day 3 / Ден 3

The ocean was a bit stirred last night and it was pitch dark - you literally could not see anything but the lit-up deck of the boat, so you had to row by instruments and your feeling about which way t...
Day 2 ‐ Jun 15, 2020

38.5 nm
Day 1 ‐ Jun 14, 2020

10 nm

Day 1 / Ден 1

Set-off from Portimāo in calm waters and high spirits. After 4 hours of rowing, head winds from the west started building up and pushing us back to shore. In order to avoid getting smashed against the...
Portimão, Portugal ‐ Jun 14, 2020

NEVEREST will set off from Portugal to Brazil at sunrise tomorrow (Sunday, 14.06.2020). You can follow our voyage on Facebook or Instagram (at NEVEREST OCEAN ROW)

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