Don Allum
(1937-1992)

first man to row across the Atlantic in both directions

Died aged c. 55

Donald Edward Allum (17 May 1937 – 1 December 1992) was a British oarsman, the first person to row across the Atlantic Ocean in both directions.

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Commemorated on 1 plaque

Don Allum the first man to row across the Atlantic in both directions landed on the rocky shore down from this memorial, from St. John's Newfoundland on 4th September 1987 completing the second leg of his epic voyage in a 19 ft. 10 ins. plywood open boat, the QE 3, after 77 days at sea.

TBC, Achill Island, County Mayo, Dooagh, Ireland where they landed (1987)