About our work

The BARCELONA - IBIZA and IBIZA - BARCELONA races are the world’s premier ocean rowing events pitting teams of amateur rowers against each other in a 200 miles/3 day journey across the Mediterranean.

Rowing across an ocean or sea is like no other sport. Ocean rowing is as much about the crews’ ability to cope mentally, as it is about technique and physical strength.

In 2013 the Barcelona-Ibiza: Row to End HPV was NOMAN’s inaugural event and an outstanding success, raising over $1 million and attaining press on a national and international scale. In 2015, the capacity of the event was doubled as a second race from Ibiza to Barcelona was introduced. The capacity or the race was once again doubled in 2017 as 4 crews of rowers faced some of the toughest conditions in the five-year history of NOMAN, combating the blistering sun, fierce winds, fatigue and seasickness.

2019 will see our largest fleet of intrepid adventurers yet take on the Mediterranean. All for one cause. To end the 5% of cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). We can prevent HPV-related cancers by vaccinating both boys and girls against the virus.