Saturday’s Seattle Public Schools FAMILY SYMPOSIUM and RESOURCE FAIR provided OAR Northwest and opportunity to debut school program offerings, staff introductions and inquiring conversations with students and family members. After the vessel was settled into the front yard of the Garfield High School, Rick Tarbill and OAR Northwest Expedition Member hosted visitors aboard to view […]
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Roz Savage nearing land, retirement
By: Greg Spooner 152 arduous days in, ocean rowing colleague Roz Savage is approaching the end of the line. Her physical destination is Mauritius, a small island ~500 miles east of Madagascar (off the eastern coast of Africa). Getting here meant traversing over 3,000 miles of lonely ocean with nothing but her oars, the sun, wind, […]
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Buy a Boat to Support a Boat
Help support OAR Northwest and buy a boat….or donate one! Boats, trailers and motors for sale are posted periodically to OAR Northwest’s website. To launch this program, we have a sweet 13-foot wooden boat with a 9.9 Honda 4-stroke in mint condition on a nearly new trailer. OAR Northwest receives donated boats throughout the year, […]
Ocean Rowers Celebrate Reunion At The Atlantic Crossing! C.U. Next Year…First Thursday After Labor Day. Wow! The evening was filled with grand memories of a Guinness World Record made, a wonderful host where dear friends reconnected, and the creation of a new annual event to celebrate educational expeditions. The raffle list grew and grew and […]
Join six ocean rowers at OAR Northwest’s favorite expedition staging grounds, Seattle’s own Atlantic Crossing: Jordan Hanssen, Adam Kreek, Dylan LeValley, Greg Spooner, Richard Tarbill, and Brad Vickers. If one is ten times more likely to meet someone who has climbed Mount Everest than an ocean rower, your probability figures will rock the charts […]