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Question - | "What does having a dream mean to you?" |
Answer - | "A dream is a goal glimmering in the distance; it is an inner calling which, when accomplished,
serves as the rite of passage into wisdom." Erden Eruç - Sep 17, 2004 |
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Historic landing in Angoche, Mozambique
24 April, 2011 (PST)
Dear loyal friends and supporters,
I am posting a dispatch on behalf of Erden who has not had internet access since arrival in Angoche, Mozambique. You all must be wondering if he made it.
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Finding my way...
April 9, 2011
I had been trying to move my boat to 18 South latitude, failing that I tried to move it west. Yet the seas were turning against me, the southerly seas arriving as promised in the forecast. It took a c
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Slow progress...
April 7, 2011
Since I left the edge of the continental shelf to my east, it has been a struggle. There was nothing orderly about the seas, except that I knew the wind would circle around me: "south then east, north
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In position...
April 4, 2011
I had to spend almost 48 hours on bottom anchor before a southerly wind pattern finally weakened to let me move again yesterday morning. Tonight I am anchored near Vaucluse Bank, west of the island ca
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Milestones in my circumnavigation...
April 1, 2011
My starting point Bodega Bay was at 123.058W longitude. I already crossed the meridian great circle line of Bodega Bay on the east side of Madagascar at 056.942E longitude while on the Mascarene Basin
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