Ove Joensen
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Ove Joensen (December 3, 1948 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands - November 26, 1987 at sea in the Skálafjørður, Faroe Islands) was a Faroese seaman and adventurer.
Ove Joensen was living on the Island of Nólsoy, where he built his Faroe boat Diana Victoria, to row the 900 nautical miles from the Faroes to Copenhagen. After a few unsuccessful tries, he succeeded in 1986, when he arrived in Copenhagen on 11 August after 41 days rowing alone. Thousands of people were greeting him in the Danish capital. The Danes call him Ro-Ove (Row-Ove).
In 1987 Ove drowned in Skalafjordur-inlet where he fell over board. The civic festival Ovastevna is held each August on Nólsoy to commemorate Ove Joensen. His boat Diana Victoria can also be seen in Nólsoy, and there is a monument to him situated by the harbour, next to the whale bones that form an ornamental entrance to the village.
[edit] Literature
- Kirstin Didriksen, Ragnhild Joensen: Ove, Egið forlag, 1989 ISBN 87-982956-3-2
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