http://rowforwater.com Katie Spotz' solo row across the Atlantic Ocean for safe drinking water Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:20:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please follow Twitter for the latest updates following Katie's arrival into Georgetown (official arrival time 1607GMT). Katie is currently having a well-earned rest, but rest assured we will continue updating the blog and add photos when we get our hands on them. If anyone has any footage or photographs from ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1595/ This morning I smelled something burning; either a passing boat was having a mean barbecue or my boat was catching fire. Not surprisingly, it was the latter. My tracker unit has been acting up and took its final farewell up in smoke. I quickly grabbed the fire extinguisher and, being so ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1590/ This blog is coming a few days late as, at the time, the seas were just too rough. I am the first to admit that the conditions so far have been nothing like a scene from "The Perfect Storm", but certainly nothing like river rowing either. With no storms on the ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1586/ After meeting two Venezuelan fishing boats in the same day, I played it safe and did my evening shift with the nav-light on (I usually only leave it on while sleeping, as it can be difficult to watch for waves with it on). The light seemed to attract a different ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1581/ Katie is now within the final 150nm of her epic voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Normally, that would still be a massive distance to row but, when you've already covered the best part of 3,000 miles (if you include all the wiggly bits!), it becomes the final straight. As many ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1570/ Today was one of the few days where I relished in my decision to wear clothes. Let me take a step back... First: no, I'm not an exhibitionist, but salt has a way of making any fabric rough. With rowing and moving my entire body all day, chafing can be prevented ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1564/ I first became aware of Katie and her adventure through a newspaper article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in February 2008. She was still in college and in the early stages of dreaming and planning the adventure that has now become a reality. As someone who has spent a professional ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1454/ I set off from Dakar on January 3 to complete a solo, unsupported, mainland-to-mainland row across the Atlantic Ocean. That's still what I intend to do and I'm going to do whatever I can to achieve it. Even if that means rowing an extra 400 miles! Some of you may have ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1546/ Behind door number one is ... Holsatia Express. Door number two ... Omega Emmanuel. And number three ... Jose Breeze. I have officially entered tanker territory! With larger waves around 7 to 10ft, it makes for a slightly unnerving experience. My boat can easy tuck away so that I am ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1534/ I may or may not have named a few of the dorados that have been following under my boat — Ed, Edd, and Eddie. Today was not a good day for Edd. As I started to dig around in the hatches for my next meal, I noticed a hungry visitor or ... http://rowforwater.com/archives/1448/