Around-n-Over - By CONTACT3.0

Going into the Serpent's Mouth... March 4, 2012 - Day 147
The winds and the swells, generally from the NE as expected for February until now have pressed my course and I have not been able to gain sufficient northing early enough to go counter clockwise arou

Equipment failure... March 2, 2012 - Day 145
On Tuesday, the day after my last dispatch in which I mentioned the forecast that swells would turn northeastly, the frustrating northerly swells subsided. As I rowed NNW with beam on starboard winds

Should I continue? February 27, 2012 - Day 141
I am again receiving strong NE/ENE winds coupled with N and NE swells. These are depressing my course, I can barely maintain a westerly heading.

The next few days are critical. The forecast sa

Doing better... February 23, 2012 - Day 137
All through last week, I was being hammered by the seasonal NE trade winds coupled with the land effects strengthening the wind toward shore. Near Madagascar in November and in March, the heating land

The birdlife... February 16, 2012 - Day 130
As I approach Cabo Orange, the coast of Brasil rose nearer to within 400 nm. There is a noticeable increase in the numbers of noddy and sooty terns over the last 10 days. No birds are attempting to la

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...

The co

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

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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