Back in February, I was asked by my friend Dave Cornthwaite if I wanted to help him document his latest adventure – a sailing trip from Cabo, Mexico to Honolulu Hawaii. The brief of the trip was to document the experience using video and stills which would be used by […]
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Ship to Shore Education Program Registration is Now Open!
Algalita Marine Research Institute- Ship-2-Shore Education Program – Registration is now open! Join us online for a voyage across the Pacific Ocean from: Tokyo to Maui via the projected Tsunami Debris Field: May 30 – July 1 Our next research voyage departs on May30. The goal of this extended voyage […]
Read MoreSea dragon has arrived!!!! Well done team!
From our captain on the Sea Dragon…
Our position at 20:00 GMT today is 26 47 N, 150 21.4. Our heading is 310 Mag, and winds are less than 10 knots from the South. It has been light fot the past few days so we have been sailing slow or motoring with sails up at times to […]
Read More“There’s an Masked Booby sitting on top of it,” Cynthia says
25.13N, 153.56E May 14th The New Reef “Net ball!” Hank yelled. It turns out to be a 500lb ball of netting, rope and line from over 80 sources, all different, and fragments of commercial products, including 3 toothbushes, 1 cigarette lighter and two plastic straws. The bulk of these, and […]
Read MoreBoat sailing well…
Here is a snip of recent email in from the skipper Rodrigo… Hi Ron: Apologies fewer e mails and updates, its been kind of full on, learning the boat, getting used to it and finding what she likes and doesn’t like. Must say, I am very impressed with the performance […]
Read MoreUpdate from the Sea Dragon’s crew-What does a garbage patch look like?
Today the Expedition crew encountered some big plastic garbage northwest of the the Marshalls (click here to see the position of where it was found– zoom out to get landmass context) These pictures just came through on email from our team at sea just a few moments ago (15:04 PST) […]
Read MoreMidway, a film by Chris Jordan
In Midway island, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, humans don’t live, only birds, but…… look at what happens there!!!! Regrettable http://www.midwayfilm.com Image by Jan Vozenilek
Read MoreFISH ON! Wahoo! No Plastic in Her Stomach
“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 […]
Read MoreAll 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
Read MoreMoving along
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 […]
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