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Lake Union Park Launch

              BE OUT THERE today with OAR Northwest and the National Wildlife Federation.  April 7, 11:00a.m. – 4:00pm. 1:00p.m. Join the ceremonial launch of OAR Northwest’s circumnavigation of Vancouver Island.  The ocean rowboat and expedition crew members will push off from Lake Union Park’s pebble beach and row across […]

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Refurb: The Continuing Mission (I Lost Count of the Week)

Watch one  hour in 1.+ minutes  in this Snowman Production’s time lapse photography video: Creating the World’s Most Technologically Advanced Ocean Rowboat Okay.  I’m falling down on the job here in terms of reporting progress on the boat.  

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Emerald Harbor Marine

While we slowly divulge our journey in creating our vessel, program, and adventure, it’s appropriate to stop midstroke sometimes to acknowledge and thank those solidly behind our vision. Emerald Harbor Marine Theses guys know what they’re doing.  And they’ve been guiding us, developing contacts with and for us, and giving of their own time to […]

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Refurb Week 2: My Hand’s Shaking From The Dual Action Sander

Okay, I’m “borrowing” this above clip from Star Trek, but only to make fun of myself, the rest of OAR Northwest and our “crew”. The clocks ticking, and we’re attempting to get done with the refurb by early March, giving us some time to test out all the equipment and systems in a more controlled […]

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Please Consider OAR Northwest in Your 2012 Giving Plans

The true explorer does his work not for any hopes of reward or honour, but because the thing he has set himself to do is part of his being, and must be accomplished for the sake of the accomplishment. (President Roosevelt on the presentation of the Hubbard Medal of the National Geographic Society to Robert […]