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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
     

    Correction!    February 13, 2012 - Day 126
    In my last dispatch as I tried to process the huge flowrate of the Amazon River in my mind, I was thinking to myself "that would be 12 million cubic meters," so I ended up with a typo...

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    End run...    February 9, 2012 - Day 123
    I am maintaining a generally westward course toward Cabo Orange at the border of Brazil with French Guiana. With another 9-degrees to go, I would like to rise another 2-3 degrees to maintain a healthy

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    Progress...    January 31, 2012 - Day 114
    As of yesterday, I have Brasil to my south. My meridian line no longer runs down to Antarctica to reach land, and instead lands on the northeastern shores of South America. I am now west of the latitu

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    Nice pace!    January 24, 2012 - Day 107
    In addition to my pace, my life improved dramatically once I entered the convergence zone, believe it or not! I began getting a good dousing of rain typically overnight, which collected in my footwell

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    Maintenance...    January 19, 2012 - Day 102
    Today on Thursday, I am at the southern edge of the inter-tropical convergence zone which affects my winds. On Monday, I got persistent 15-20 knot gusty north winds, which then trurned around to my no

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    Back on course...    January 10, 2012 - Day 93
    ...and yesterday, Monday at 14:53UTC, which was around 1:30 pm, I crossed the equator to bring my human powered circumnavig

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    Am I in trouble?    January 8, 2012 - Day 91
    As I tap this dispatch on my small PDA early afternoon, the boat is drifting straight north at an average rate of 1.5-2.0 knots. I had been without worry and went to sleep on Thursday evening, thinkin

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    Pumping water by hand    January 5, 2012 - Day 88
    I had been having such a good luck with my electric desalinator, but that did not last. On December 22, while making water, I got carried away with a side task and let the intake reservoir run dry. I

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