[Great news! Clouds have cleared an given the crew enough solar energy to get a few new blogs out. No new pictures yet, so we’ll supplement from Erinn Hale’s pictures from Dakar. Here’s one about power rationing and oar breakage. -Greg] Conservation. What does that word mean? A lot of things to a lot of […]
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Over the last few years, OAR Northwest has been a lot of things: We started as four guys who wanted to race a rowboat across the North Atlantic, and we built this organization to do it. Thankfully, we succeeded, won the race, set a Guinness World Record, and weren’t afraid to try this again. As […]
We have been spending a few nights, and recently a 36-hour period on sea anchor. (In this post I will explain the purpose and action of the sea anchor, and you can also learn more from this OAR Northwest Education update). Also, I will use this fundamental ocean rowing tool as a metaphor for self-reflection. […]
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Day 18: SEA BEASTS!
Endless… endless… ever changing energetic mass of blue wetness. So much sky, such simple ingredients… at first. Then the sea beasts come. They are free to go wherever they want in this pelagic medium. Unless they are just floaters drifting by they have all the power to decide if they are seen. I am sure […]
I’ve been crying a lot out here on this big blue ocean, I’d assume you would have a lot of guesses why, I’m not usually the type to show much emotion, I’d be curious to know if you would come close, You could think my tears are due to the acidity levels of our Oceans […]