OAR NorthwestBy Greg Spooner Past, Present, and Future – events are set in motion that create lucky, and often times life-changing encounters that commemorate grand events, put you closer to grim history than you care to be, and let you cross paths with trend setters that were genius long before their time. Share your story below, […]
By Greg Spooner Customary to any opening weekend at Seattle Boat Show, vendors crowd into the local pubs to toast the opening of boating season (now just a few months away), and celebrate the 10-day booth jockeying that has recently commenced. Since this was to be the only time all four of us would be […]
By Greg Spooner Well, the 2011 Seattle Boat Show is now officially underway, and with it, we’re announcing plans for the next big ocean row: Africa to the Americas By rowing the mid-Atlantic from West Africa to Venezuela, we’re bridging the oceanic gap and connecting Right to Play communities. Make sure to follow along here at […]
How does Jordan succeed on the Atlantic? Good training. Let’s start with some background… Jordan Hanssen’s rowing career began at University of Puget Sound in 2001. Since then he was a 4-time Northwest Collegiate Rowing Champion, gold medalist at WIRA, and voted “Mr. Crew.” The latter was to that point his biggest accomplishment (you know, if […]
Today’s blog is about a Seattle ocean rower named Erden Eruç. Support him and his journey by reading his blogs from the sea at http://www.around-n-over.org Our great friend and ocean rowing colleague, Erden Eruç, is over half-way across the Indian Ocean. To date, he has now been at sea for the 2nd longest of any […]