“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller. Written by Eric Loss – Skipper aboard Sea Dragon. photos by West Coast, Sea Dragon crew West Coast Crew Last Friday afternoon marked the unofficial end of our 2018 season, with the departure of our […]
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Winter Maintenance
We’ve now completed our 2018 schedule and Sea Dragon is laid up afloat for the winter. We’re planning a major overhaul as part of our Coast Guard required 5 year survey in March, and will be starting our 2019 sailing season in May. Our social media updates will be less […]
Read MoreLatitude 38 aboard Sea Dragon | San Francisco
Exploring the World photo & words by John @ Latitude 38 August 27, 2018 – San Francisco Bay This is the time of year when the Bay Area gets visited by many sailors heading north to south. We sailed with one of those visitors on Saturday aboard the […]
Read MoreSea Dragon visits Monterey Bay | Aug 31st – Sept 3rd 2018
Open Tours of Sea Dragon, September 2nd 2018 09.30am to 4.30pm We’re excited to be bringing Sea Dragon into Monterey Bay, during our tour down the west coast. Our open day to tour around the boat is the 2nd of September and all are welcome! You’ll find us on the […]
Read MoreRadio Sea Dragon PNW
Nibblets from Underway: From Van to San! by Ally Nobles – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Nibbles is back with another round of songs creating the soundtrack for our journey down the west coast! Michael Jackson – Will You Be There (from the Free Willy soundtrack) Jack Johnson – Home […]
Read MoreWEST COAST TOUR | LOS ANGELES
Sept 12th – 17th 2018 | Promotional Tour – COMPLETED Pangaea Exploration teamed up with AltaSea in LA, as they hosted our stay and enabled us to present and open Sea Dragon up to tours during AltaSea’s Open House on the 15th September 2018 During our stay, the third stop […]
Read MoreA Plastic Albatross
the albatross can be both an omen of good or bad luck, as well as a metaphor for a burden to be carried as penance. by Jessica MacIntosh – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. It’s hard to believe that Sea Dragon is only less than a week away from […]
Read MoreSea Dragon, Sailing and Plastic Seeking Sailors
Hello from the North Pacific Gyre! (well, sort of!) by Jessica MacIntosh – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Sea Dragon has been slogging its way northeast from Hawaii towards the north pacific gyre, and we are finally arriving at the southern edge. Its been almost a week at sea with […]
Read MoreIn with the new
Goodbye old main sail, hellooo NEW mainsail!. by Jessica MacIntosh – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Sea Dragon has just been outfitted with a brand new main sail! – a day we have been looking forward to for a long time! Jake and Jackson from North Sails were here this […]
Read MoreReturn to the Phoenix Islands – May 29
Back to Kanton, Briefly Written by Katherine Joyce | Graphic Designer, Communications. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 29 May 2018 Yesterday we had a whirlwind encore tour of Kanton in which we picked up our instruments, took a few water samples, deployed two temperature loggers, and I […]
Read MoreReturn to Phoenix Islands | May 20-25
Last stop: Rawaki Written by Nathaniel Mollica | PhD student, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 25 May 2018 The last island on our tour de PIPA is Rawaki. We arrived at dawn, greeted by thousands of birds. Rawaki is different from the […]
Read MoreSea Dragon’s Phoenix Islands Adventure
Research expedition to PIPA is complete. by Charlie Triggs – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Sea Dragon has just completed her Phoenix Islands research expedition with a team from the Cohen Laboratory at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). WHOI is one of the leading research bodies in the scientific field of […]
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