Around-n-Over - By CONTACT3.0

I was catching some rays! November 15, 2007 - Day 129
Clouds are all that I am currently getting, here at the inter tropical convergence zone (ITCZ). After the strong northerly pushback that I was served on November 8-10, I have have to try again for th

Storm Petrel came to visit... November 13, 2007 - Day 127
Saturday evening was fun. I was able join the fellow members of the Pacific Nortwest Chapter of the Explorers Club during their

The verdict: A record sighting! November 12, 2007 - Day 126
I have received confirmation that the bird species which visited my boat on Oct 31, was a Laughing Gull (larus atricilla), out at sea a record distance.

Our ornithologist friend Pepper Trail sa

I am not a happy camper! November 10, 2007 - Day 124
"No complaining. No whining. No despair. Winds will blow. It is in their nature. They are pushing your boat back north, too bad. Try again later. December shows NE winds across the Equator west

Debate continues on the bird... November 8, 2007 - Day 122
The bird which I last reported on November 2nd and 4th was a gull, but there is not a consensus on which species yet. Gulls are coastal birds, and not a pelagic bird species, so we have on record an

I was down to 2 quarts of water! November 7, 2007 - Day 121
The last 4-5 days have been sunny, and finally the cabin is dry, the batteries are recharging, and I don't dread stepping outside. I am south of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) now, an

November wind charts... November 5, 2007 - Day 119
Thanks to the work by thirty-six 8th grade students at the Orrville Middle School in Orrville, Ohio, I now have the November QuikSCAT average wind charts for the ocean surface area between 5S-10N and

Shearwater, or not? November 4, 2007 - Day 118
On my last dispatch, I posted that a shearwater had befriended my boat, landing repeatedly on my starboard side to pick the bait fish. I am reminded that shearwater have a short black hooked beak, wh

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