Team Gallagher will almost certainly be finishing under Auckland Harbour Bridge sometime between 4pm and 6pm this afternoon... Read more
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Day 54: ETA Friday afternoon!
As long as the weather doesn’t do a freaky turn it’s looking more and more likely that Team Gallagher will finish under the Auckland Harbour Bridge late afternoon tomorrow... Read more
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Day 52: Milestone completed
Team Gallagher touched solid ground yesterday landing on Urupukapuka Island in the Bay of Islands... Read more
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Day 51: North Cape and beyond
It was a beautiful sight to see Team Gallagher after they rounded North Cape early yesterday morning... Read more
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Day 49: Land ahoy!
‘See land mate bring on New Zealand and Aucks! Andrew’ That’s the message sent at 6.40am. Then at 10am: ‘We can see the cape clearly. 19.48nm off’... Read more
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Day 48: Westerlies at last
The crew currently have near perfect conditions... Read more
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Day 43: Phew!
The latest message from the crew: ‘Watermaker working. Unreal. It took the flooding well.’
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Day 43: Water maker failure?
The area where the water maker is stored on board Moana was flooded last night. Received the following message from Team Gallagher today: ‘Watermaker tried to commit suicide yesterday... Read more
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Day 42: Top two inches
The key to coping under the pressure of demanding situations comes down to the top two inches... Read more
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Day 41: 41 days 2 hours 55 minutes
While writing the day 41 update earlier today I was reminded that was the time it took Phil Stubbs and myself to win the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race in November, 1997... Read more
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Day 41: Messages from the Quincey's
The crew aboard Team Gallagher are chuffed to be rowing again but the challenges before them are considerable... Read more
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Days 38 - 40: The Naked Rowers
The crew of Team Gallagher are up and running back on the oars. They restarted their epic voyage two days ago and are now making good progress to New Zealand... Read more
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Day 37: Food
The weather is still not coming to the party so Team Gallagher continues to dance in circles on the ocean waves (see photo) leaving the crew with little to do other than rest and eat... Read more
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Day 36: New Years Day
The Team Gallagher crew have now celebrated Christmas, a birthday and the New Year at sea. Let’s hope they don’t have to celebrate Waitangi Day there as well... Read more
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Day 35: Happy birthday James
As many of you know the boys have been sitting like caged animals on Para-Anchor sea anchor for the last seven days at the mercy of the weather. Fortunately, a change is on the way... Read more
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Day 34: Lucky red socks
The crew are seeking to evoke some assistance by alternative methods. I hope you are able to assist to help them... Read more
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Day 33: A message from Colin Quincey
A thoughtful message has been forwarded to the lads from Colin Quincey who in 1977 became the first person to row the Tasman Sea: ‘My take, from the outer, is that for now, Wednesday, they're ... Read more
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Day 32: Why are we doing this?
The last 24 hours have been more of the same for Moana only perhaps not quite as vigorous as the 36 hours previous... Read more
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Day 29: Christmas Day tango resumes
Merry Christmas one and all from Team Gallagher! As can be seen from the photo (click on it to enlarge) the tango continues... Read more
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Day 28 - part 2: More broken axles
The latest message from Team Gallagher on board Moana reads: ‘Just broke another axle. Last good seat sags and drags along slides... Read more
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