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Plans of Action

Sorry this did not go out last night.  However, I assure you we have been busy.  Our crew has chosen to spend this morning on Bowen Island in Snug Cove, getting up to speed with our brains before we get up to speed with our rowing.  Unlike the 2006 team that all lived together and […]

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Count Down: One Day!

OAR Northwest plans to launch April 11, 2012 from the Vancouver Rowing Club in Vancouver B.C. on what is believed to be the first circumnavigation of Vancouver Island in an ocean rowboat.  Rowing in the dark in the Inside Passage can be more treacherous than in the open sea.   More ships, more logs, killer whales […]

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Lake Union Park Launch

              BE OUT THERE today with OAR Northwest and the National Wildlife Federation.  April 7, 11:00a.m. – 4:00pm. 1:00p.m. Join the ceremonial launch of OAR Northwest’s circumnavigation of Vancouver Island.  The ocean rowboat and expedition crew members will push off from Lake Union Park’s pebble beach and row across […]

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Refurb: The Continuing Mission (I Lost Count of the Week)

Watch one  hour in 1.+ minutes  in this Snowman Production’s time lapse photography video: Creating the World’s Most Technologically Advanced Ocean Rowboat Okay.  I’m falling down on the job here in terms of reporting progress on the boat.  

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Title Sponsor: Canadian Wildlife Federation

All of us at OAR Northwest are so, so, SO excited to announce the Canadian Wildlife Federation as the title sponsor for 2012 Salish Sea and Africa to the Americas rowing expeditions. (read full press release below) The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is a national, non-profit charitable organization dedicated  to fostering awareness and appreciation of our natural […]