Oceans of Opportunity

Month: June 2009

one if by land, two if by sea…

I’ll take two…large pizzas that is. Leave it to our friends out in the midwest to be doing things right and thinking outside the pizza box just a little bit… Embedded video from CNN Video Someday, this sort of concierge service by water will carry through all of our daily needs while living more intimately…

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til you’re ‘blue’ in the face

Last week, I embarked on a seven day journey to the Exumas, Bahamas…a place that I visit fairly often, and is considered a second home. On my flight down to the islands, I was overtaken as the turquoise waters emerged from the deep surrounding convergence of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Looking out on…

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dispatch 060309 | training day

Last night I slept on my trusty hammock on the top deck of Tortue. I was awakened at 3AM by what felt like 30kt winds. I felt like I woke up inside of a wind tunnel. I moved inside, and crashed on the bench seat in the galley for a few more hours rest before…

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dispatch 060209 | Leg 4

This morning we refueled in Nassau Harbor, did a small grocery shop, and connect with our liaison at the Department of Fisheries to pick up a small boat that we would tow to the Berry’s for use during the forthcoming research project. Our final indulgence was a stop at Starbucks, which amazingly was kept very…

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dispatch 060109-2 | in port

The day was spent crossing the bank. During my time at the wheel, I saw a small pod of dolphins off the bow. That was about the only excitement that broke up our near 7 hour cruise today. At 2PM we just pull into Nassau Harbor on the north side of New Providence. The Atlantis…

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dispatch 060109 | like an oasis

Leaving the Land & Sea Park yesterday was faced with some weather challenges. We thought we had sat out the worst of it, but some choppy seas kept us from attempting our long awaited fun dive to break up the journey. We continued northwest along the bank side of the cays with a target destination…

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