Arriving in Juan de Fuca strait after 20 days at sea looking for plastic debris it was a surprise to have the strongest winds of our voyage. We raced across the channel with staysail and 2 reefs in the main and entered into the beautiful harbour town of Victoria on […]

As we start sailing expeditions…so we end them with that critical message over the sat phone: Inbox > Message Detail Subject: Arrival Vancouver From: “Sea Dragon 02? (Add as Preferred Sender) Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2011 5:19 pm To: Emily Penn , Ron Ritter 1715 local Sea Dragon moored alongside […]

Over a decade ago a sailor returning from Hawaii ventured through the North Pacific high en-route to California, what he saw and reported spawned a whole new environmental issue; plastic, man-made synthetic waste floating in abundance in our ocean. Our own research expeditions have taken us through the global gyres […]

HAWAII-VANCOUVER-ALGALITA VOYAGE Hawaii-Oahu Dream Islands,a picture of perfection in the tourist brochures. Certainly beautiful,warm clear waters,great people.Big thanks to Garry Ka’aihue,family and friends for all the Aloha that only Islanders know how to share, and the gifts given on departure especially the whale bone carving of a Honu(Turtle), a sacred […]

Hawaii-Oahu Dream Islands,a picture of perfection in the tourist brochures. Certainly beautiful,warm clear waters,great people.Big thanks to Garry Ka’aihue,family and friends for all the Aloha that only Islanders know how to share, and the gifts given on departure especially the whale bone carving of a Honu(Turtle), a sacred animal for […]

Our first report from sea has just come through from crew member Karen: We left Thursday July 7 at high noon from Honolulu – bright sunny skies and a gentle sea at Lat.23/Long.68N. Skipper Clive knew the seas were up north of the island, so we went the long southern […]

Late this afternoon EDT we received this message – now the standard signal for Sea Dragon departure: “Subject: Honolulu departure From: “Sea Dragon 02? (Add as Preferred Sender) Date: Thu, Jul 07, 2011 2:31 pm To: Emily Penn, Ron Ritter Leaving Honolulu for Vancouver POB 13 crew list attached, please […]

Outside world…outside world… This is a wet and tired person. A wet and tired person. Do you copy? I was allowed to play VHF operator as we left Fanning Island at 0800 on Friday 24 June, in an attempt to wave goodbye to the school children we had visited the […]

Light. With the advent of sailing sea-farers built signal fires on the beaches to light their way home. Later on, when technology had advanced to the point where it was possible to leave something burning on deck for more than an hour without losing the whole ship, sailors used lanterns […]

As of fifteen minutes ago, Bert has been at the helm for almost fourteen hours. In the time, he hasn’t once left to use the head, shower, or eat a meal, despite our best efforts to feed him. While we each took our turn at the wheel, Bert has been […]