New expedition name, logo and web site!Expedition management company RaceRecon is on-board Introducing “Pedal The Ocean” The Human Powered Trans Atlantic Speed Record Expedition A big update today with lots of important news. First and foremost, I am signed a deal with Pat Brothers from RaceRecon, an expedition management company based in Sydney Australia, and […]
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I’ve been working on a new promotional video that will become part of a sponsor package. It’s important, so I have been spending a lot of time working on it. I quickly outgrew Imovie HD and upgraded to Final Cut Express – wow, what an editing package! I am very impressed. You would not believe […]
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“‘Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “WOW! What a ride!”‘ That’s how I’d like to close 2006 – what a fantastic quote. That just says […]
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Thanks for your comments on my previous Within Human Powered Boat logo ideas. Most of you thought that perhaps the logo wasn’t strong enough and I agree. I was sort of going with a typical boat logo – you know, sort of scripty and often free-hand or brush stroke. Human powered boats are interesting, different […]
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I’m on a roll now – somebody stop me. I’m on a roll now – somebody stop me. Styrofoaming Within’s deck is very tedious work – like assembling a giant three dimensional puzzle, and I’ve found that I need to take short breaks or I start to get sloppy. Unfortunately for you, the breaks are […]
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Why I like human power and finally, a name for the boat!The day before the Las Vegas marathon, as I lay in my lawn chair trying to maximize my angle to the low December sun, I got to do some deeper thinking about why “human power” is so important to me. I mean, some people […]
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The Zeeman Ocean Challenge Ocean rowers Ralph Tuijin and his brother Michael are just over half way across the Atlantic ocean on their way from La Gomera, Spain to Curaco. The expedition is a sort of shake-down leg for Ralph, as his main focus is to cross the Pacific Ocean at its widest point – […]
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Helen and I attended Colin and Julie’s presentation and documentary premier “Beyond the Horizon” last night in Canmore. What an inspirational event! Wow – it’s absolutely incredible what Colin and Julie have achieved. Colin Angus – the worlds first man to circumnavigate the globe by human power and his wife to-be and Julie Wafaei On […]
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(click on images to enlarge) Steve Schleicher from Nimbus Kayaks in B.C. has kindly offered to donate a slightly damaged Hyak tandem kayak that I plan on modifying to build a prototype human powered ocean boat. I plan on using this boat to gain much needed experience in ocean conditions, and to learn more about […]
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Thinking WAY outside the box! – The human powered submarine I’ve been getting some really great emails from you all regarding my previous semi-submersible concept, so I thought I would keep this ‘thought-experiment’ rolling, by GOING ALL THE WAY – the full-on human powered submarine. This is a cool idea, but really way too dangerous […]
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Unusual Ocean Crossings This really puts my somewhat pedestrian human powered Atlantic crossing objective into perspective. If you think crossing an ocean with a row boat or pedal boat is crazy, then check out what these guys have done! Benoit Lecomte SWAM across the Atlantic in 1998 On 16 July 1998, Texan Benoit Lecomte set […]
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Sepetmebr 29, 2006 I don’t want to dwell on this danger assessment topic, but I have a couple more thoughts. First of all, I need to stress that this ocean crossing idea is still just a concept. Something that I will endeavor to work toward, but an adventure that I am definitely NOT going to […]
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Sept 27 September 27, 2006 Final entry in the 24 hour HPV record blog! This will be the final entry in the HPV 24 hour record BLOG. However, a new adventure is now in the works, and this BLOG is being replaced with:The human powered trans atlantic expedition (click here to go to the new blog) […]
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Ocean rowing is much safer than I had originally calculated. I changed my method of analysis, found some ‘exposure hours’ fatality data and the more accurate comparison is that Ocean rowing is slightly more dangerous than motorcycling and safer than general flying or skydiving. Since I made my human powered ocean crossing announcement, I got […]
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