In August of 1519, Ferdinand Magellan left Spain with five wooden ships and 234 men. He was headed west to the Orient, down through the Atlantic and into the Pacific. His maps went no further than the east coast of South America. European trading vessels had probed as far east […]

  A note from Jeff Ernst just in from the boat: We made good time down the Coast of Argentina for the first several days of our trip, then came a day and a half of calm, followed by a good solid 35 knot blow right from our intended direction. […]

Algalita’s 2011 Summer North Pacific Gyre Voyage Gaining Momentum! Top Research Organization’s Eco-Adventure to the North Pacific Gyre from Oahu to Vancouver, B.C. has a few spaces still open. LONG BEACH, CA. Feb. 8, 2011–Environmentalists, researchers and adventure-seekers are being offered the rare opportunity to join one of the world’s […]

After two weeks of Uruguayan hospitality, bureaucracy, Asados, a travel-lift, golden sandy beaches and much more we have extricated ourselves from Piriapolis, and are headed south. The hospitality will be missed, the bureaucracy not so much, the Asados have built us up ahead of Patagonia, the travel-lift, relocated from Punta […]

The winner of the Electrolux Vac from the Sea-project has been selected.  Well done to Brit Liggett who will be joining Sea Dragon as a crew member from Puerto Williams, through the wilderness of the Chilean fjords, to Valdivia.  More from her to come! See what Electrolux have to say: […]

For the first time in many weeks there is no wind and we find ourselves completely and utterly becalmed, adrift in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. Normally when racing we would be tweaking, adjusting and coaxing boat speed out of every zephyr of breeze, or on previous gyre […]

News just in from the boat – an email from Dale: “We have had a little problem,” he begins.  “We had a rope from the trawl wrap around the prop and pull the g/box (that’s gearbox) off the engine.  The adaptor plate has broken and pulled the bolts out of […]

Thirty-six hours is hardly enough time to visit an island, to do it justice, a re-visit is in order to see properly the mountains, lush-forest, Napoleons’ Tomb, talk with friendly locals or just marvel at the topography. To the East lies Angola, to the West Brazil, en route from South […]

  Where We Are And Where We Are Going And Where We’re Sampling Sea Dragon is making great headway, leaving St Helena in her wake.  The team must sail due south for several days to reposition themselves for the east to west transect through the South Atlantic Gyre.  First they […]