Our big 1500kg rowboat dances. Not so much in the beam seas we have been experiencing, but a few of the right waves came our way today. Aft (from directly behind) is perfect, but even at 65 and seventy degrees from aft can start the rhythm. The swell rises and we slide down the face, […]
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[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The first line in the first of the daily emails back from the boat (technically coming in on the 4th day – thank you seasickness and rough seas), directly from Adam: “I am starting to adjust to the sea and should be getting some information out there to the public.” And with that, your first […]