Back to latest dispatch Miles keep passing...    January 29, 2008 - Day 204 (177.5103E) On January 26th, the day after I crossed the dateline at the 180th longitude, the odometer on my GPS chartplotter rolled past 7,000 nautical miles. Amazing that I still would have to cover another 3, Plans for the Eastern Hemisphere...    January 26, 2008 - Day 201 (179.4711E) Everyone is wondering, including me, whether I can cross the darn Equator on this big moody pond, and whether I can make it to Australia in one push. Well, the huge uncertainty and the risk of failure Crossed the International Date Line!    January 24, 2008 - Day 200 (179.9414E) Today, on the 200th day of this Pacific row, I crossed the dateline at the 180th longitude. It is looking like another day of rowing for no southerly gain. I am being carried NW by the seas when I s Birds can be mess!    January 23, 2008 - Day 198 The last few days ever since I crossed south of the 4th parallel, my life has started to improve. I still have some cloud cover, yet mostly its the hazy kind which does not get as gloomy as before, n Rain can be a menace!    January 21, 2008 - Day 196 On the 16th toward the evening, the day that I encountered the DTFS ship, I was hit by heavy rain from my east. The menacing grey curtain of rain was preceded by building gusts of ESE wind, which qui Clouds are a problem...    January 20, 2008 - Day 195 The major counter current is now north of me between 6N-8N. The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone this time of the year at these longitudes is between 4N-6N. The ITCZ is defined by the trapping winds Today please, not tomorrow!    January 19, 2007 - Day 194 I am about 235nm from the International Date Line at 180 degree longitude. I have an interesting challenge for myself: to cross the Equator before that line. The Equator is at about 250nm due south Which beacon are you talking about?    January 15, 2008 - Day 190 Thursday night on January 10th, before I slept, I had to send an email to my father which I had promised. But it was also important to dispatch about turning six months at sea, a story which got bump Later dispatches - Previous dispatches Powered by CONTACT 3 expedition software