Around-n-Over - By CONTACT3.0

Quick dispatch... January 29, 2009 - Day: 14 (3.8592S,145.1973E)
[ORS MAP] link on the top right should be working now. You can check my location there.

I woke up with Bam Island at 9 nm to my southwest. This is an active volcano with its perfect cone sh

Nice breeze, good sleeping... January 27, 2009 - Day: 12 (2.3346S,144.6345E)
This morning I submitted two wind forecast inquiries by email, one for my location at the FAD (Fish Aggregating Device - the buoy), and one 60 nm further south at the 3rd parallel. I use an automated

Birds and buoy... January 25, 2009 - Day: 10 (2.0871S, 144.6349E)
Please remember to track my progress by clicking here. [MAP] link on the top right should be p

There are not as many birds... January 23, 2009 - Day: 8 (1.6590S, 145.8290E)
I heard that the [ORS MAP] link on the top right points to the previous 312 day Pacific effort. Ocean Rowing Society has started a new tracking page for me, and we did not know until friends started c

Did I mention the heat? January 21, 2009 - Day: 6 (1.5152S, 147.1331E)
Pacific is being its capricious self again. This morning after coming to a position 30nm north of Lorengau port on Manus Island, I started receiving winds 180 degrees opposed to before, which are now

Watermaker is working... January 19, 2009 - Day: 4 (1.2269S, 146.9071E)
As soon as I got some sun on the first day, I tested my electric desalinator. This watermaker is a great convenience when it works, otherwise I have to use a handpump to produce fresh water from the

Rabaul is on the cards... January 17, 2009 - Day 2 (0.7927S, 145.4846E)
Since the successful put-in two nights ago by captain Hermenio Fotanilla of GLAXINIA owned by Frabelle Fishing Corporation, life

Deployed at sea... January 15, 2009 (0.0263N, 144.6143E)
Today at 10:50 UTC (19:50 local time) on Jan 15, 2009, I was lowered from GLAXINIA and released at sea. Considering the prevailing swells, we had deployed about half mile NW of my target.

I man

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