Expedition planning is what you do when dreaming of the reward. It’s somewhat masochistic at times, what with the staying up late beating your head against the keyboard, showering the fiberglass off your body as best you can, needing the boat in 3 places at once to finalize upgrades. All of this hand wringing suddenly […]
The James Robert Hanssen is on display all week long, and through the weekend in Seattle’s South Lake Union. Come on down between September 12th-16th to see the completely renovated ocean rowboat that is rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in December 2012’s CWF Africa to the Americas expedition. We’ll have rowers Jordan & Pat, as well as […]
I get a huge kick out of taking the ocean rowboat to boat shows. Nothing quite like comparing sumptuous yachts to our stout and tiny rowboat. In fact, our vessel actually came with a disclaimer warning us it was not a pleasure boat, but built specifically for rowing oceans — as if that wasn’t obvious. […]
My brother Doug and I rolled through Skagit Valley toward La Conner at dawn. Six hours ago Dr. Eric Grossman, AKA Dr. Surf of the USGS, had invited Doug, Greg and myself last minute to Canoe Journeys. This is an annual Native American event that has happen annually in the Salish Sea since 1989. A […]
Smoke rose skyward following the rib-rattling concussion of the explosion. This explained the stern orders from the Canadian navy. A half hour later the wind had picked up considerably in our favor. The sun had come out to make the waves an electric blue as we began to pass the obvious civilization of the largest city […]