Day 61 — Who ate Edd?!

March 4, 2010
Dolphins surround Liv

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 two: dolphins. Not as playful [...]

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Day 59 — In a hurry, eh?

March 2, 2010
A yacht passes on the horizon

Lots of long, dramatic “Noooooo!”s, mixed in with a few “Why?!!!”s, just for kicks, today. There it was, a few miles away: a chat with a human being. Or a poker game. Or maybe a little bartering of energy bars for anything but. I’m not really sure what the appropriate mid-ocean etiquette is, but anything [...]

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Day 56 — Entertaining guests

February 27, 2010
Birds having a rest onboard Liv

Another late night entertaining guests. Noisy and messy ones. They flew by a bit after sunset, fought over a perching spot, and turned my boat into their nest for the night. It’s nice to meet these birds up close and personal. One picked a spot less than six inches away from me while I was [...]

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Guest blog by Lisa Nash, CEO of Blue Planet Run

February 24, 2010
Blue Planet Run Foundation

We are so thrilled at the response that Katie Spotz has generated and the awareness that it is building for the global water crisis. We at Blue Planet Run have known ever since we met Katie that she was a unique, powerful, focused woman who set impossible goals and met them. Katie has been a [...]

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Day 52 — So close … yet so far

February 23, 2010
Something splashes alongside Liv

The alarm clock this morning — a bird. Chirping away, and when I looked out the hatch I saw twenty or thirty more. For the past week, I wake up to see these birds, watch them while rowing, and then, right after the sun sets, they all fly away. They certainly are not interested in [...]

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Never underestimate the Atlantic

February 22, 2010
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With Katie’s updates from the ocean seemingly suggesting a largely peaceful journey with little more to worry about than slightly over-enthusiastic marine-life and the odd splash into the cabin, it’s easy to forget that the Atlantic always holds the potential to bite at any time. In no time at all, a still piece of water [...]

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