[Good evening to all. Sorry for the delay… worked all day at the “real job” and just settling in.] The sun rose on the James Robert Hanssen and the primary navigation monitor on the bulkhead was “flickering.” At about 8am boat time (1:30am Seattle time) my phone rang and on the other end was Jordan delivering […]
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Daily Update 1.1 – Sea anchor
Daily Update Week 1: Module1: Tuesday January 29, 2013 Last night they were black lumps, the crashing the splashing each wave brining a smell of marine warmth. Adam and i rowed at midnight. two hours into a four hour shift. We ride into the beam (side) of the waves, by far the most uncomfortable. We […]
A wave? What does a wave look like? On a blue bird day they are crystal blue and a six-foot wave from the seat of an ocean rowboat seems huge. There is the swell that rolls by mainly from one direction. On top of this are small wind waves making the water lumpy and hard […]
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Expedition Report #1
In case you hadn’t heard the news, late last night a big beam wave crashed into the rowboat and broke one of our “unbreakable” oars right at the oarlock. We made a point to make the oars and oarlocks as robust as possible, and in doing so we made a new way to break a […]