“Fish on!” Hank yells. I can hear it through the small window that divides my bunk, where I was sleeping, to the back deck, where Hank, Tyler and Shanlee are gathered to reel in our first catch of the trip. “It’s a tuna…no…a Wahoo,” Shanlee says with excitement. She’s recently […]
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All is good…
18′ 51.26 N 161′ 36.59 E Winds 15kts from east All is good. First trawl done. First wahoo caught. Starboard head has not been thrown overboard yet but is still tempting fate. Jesse
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Current position is 10’37.36N 166’33.13E Wind is “mellow”. 15-17 kts great for everyone to get used to the boat and get seasick….. Dolphins, moon bow, and a few sightings of marine debris. The starboard head has been pulled apart twice already and might be thrown overboard before the end of […]
Read MoreWe’re trawlin!
We did a test trawl in Majuro Atoll to make sure it all works. The trawl is a 60cm wide net with a 333 micron mesh, roughly 1/3 of a mm. It’s smaller than the holes in your t-shirt. We drag it across the sea surface for exactly 60 minutes […]
Read MoreThrough the Trades and to the Calm…
Sea Dragon is pressing west-northwest under sail, enjoying the last few hundred miles of good solid Trade Winds. Subject: Re: HOW TO TWEET!! From: “seadragon ” (Add as Preferred Sender) Date: Fri, May 04, 2012 8:12 pm To: Emily Penn Hi Emily, We’re going to tweet daily. After a bit […]
Read MoreMay 2nd on the Sea Dragon
We’re preparing to leave in a few minutes. Rodrigo, our skipper, has giving the safety briefing. “Keep your life vest on, especially at night, cause if you’re overboard we’ll likely not find you.” Adventure sailing is serious business. Our science requires a boat that can get us anywhere in the […]
Read MoreJust arrived in Majuro, Marshall Islands by Dr. Marcus Eriksen, 5 Gyres Institute.
We’ve just arrived on Majuro Atoll in the Marshal Islands. As the jumbo jet turned to make a landing, I could see the thin ring of the atoll from the plane window. Within a few minutes we were on the ground, then headed to the Sea Dragon, sitting calmly in […]
Read MoreThe Sea Dragon has arrived in Majuro prepping for next trip!
Meet the new Crew on the Sea Dragon!
May 1 – 21 Studying the “Western Pacific Garbage Patch”- Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands to Tokyo www.algalita.org Marcus Eriksen – Research Expedition Leader Marcus Eriksen received his Ph.D. in Science Education from University of Southern California in 2003, months before embarking on a 2000-mile, 5-month journey down the Mississippi River on […]
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http://act.oceanconservancy.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=24261&em_id=23223.0 April 2012 2012 Trash Index: What’s in our ocean? 600,000 volunteers joined our International Coastal Cleanup in September to keep our ocean clean. Can you guess what they found? TAKE ACTION: We need your help to protect vital fish and wildlife habitat in Alaska’s fragile Arctic. Please tell Secretary […]
Read MoreThrough the Choppy Blue Pacific by Charlotte
We are now on our third day at sea, and starting to get into our routines. The first few early morning watches are brutal, but after a while, being awoken for a 2am watch gets easier. Our first night at sea we had some large swells and rough water to […]
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