human power rocks. enjoy the ride.
I picked Jordan up from the airport on Friday night and we headed directly to the bar for dinner and a couple of beers. He’s a great guy and we get along very well. That is a good thing when two strangers are about to be locked into a 20 foot x 3 foot capsule [...]
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My name is Jordan, and I’m guest blogging for Greg because he invited me to help him shake down WiTHiN around Vancouver Island. I am not given to making baseball analogies, however, I do think the best term to define how I came to meet Greg and be included in the Vancouver Island circumnavigation in [...]
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My 2008 human powered boat record makes it into the 2010 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records
When we were in Whitefish, MT last weekend picking up some VI circumnavigation supplies at Target, we noticed they had the new 2010 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records in stock. I knew that they [...]
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Here is the schedule and contact info for the next few weeks. If you are able to make it out to any of the media events, lake trials or the Vancouver Island circumnavigation stops, then please let me know – we would be happy to see you!
Our email on WiTHiN via satellite phone (don’t send [...]
Read More...“My objective is to demonstrate the amazing things a human being can do under his
or her own power. I hope to motivate and inspire more people to explore their own
human-powered potential. It’s good for the environment, it’s essential for our health,
and sends the right message regarding physical activity to our children.”
If I seem a bit reoccupied with form over function these days, I’m not
really. Ken and I are working our butts off here trying to get the
boat ready for Vancouver island circumnavigation and choosing a paint
color, boat name and logo is all part of what needs to be done and it
is important to me. Make [...]
Well – here she is all freshly painted. FINALLY. Ken and I hauled the boat to U-wrench in Calgary where we rented their paint booth for a few hours. Typical of the kind of good luck that seems to follow this project around, when Ken was in the auto body supply shop asking questions about [...]
Read More...Koa: Hawaiian for “Bold“
Thanks for your suggestions regarding a new name for the boat. You had some really great ideas that were definitely responsible for sparking some deeper thought of my own.
When I sat down a couple of years ago with the intent of developing a keynote speech, I did some pondering about what [...]
Read More...Please weigh-in on your choice of paint color:
Choice #1: Viper Bright Orange Pearl
Choice #2: Crayola Crayon Skin Color
We liked the skin color idea so much, that we just went ahead and painted her skin color. Yes, this is an attempt at being funny. The photo above is just the beige colored epoxy micro [...]
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According to Wikipedia, a “Coulee” is:
Coulees are generally deep steep-sided ravines formed by erosion, commonly found in the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada. If you try to run across Coulees, they will destroy you, crush you, and you will hurt. And they will make you cry like a baby.
(OK – so maybe I ‘edited’ [...]
I just finished posting a new YouTube video of the very first lake trials. Enjoy:
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WiTHiN hits the water for the first time!
No surprises at the lake today which is good news! Loading into the water was a snap – good thing I made the 8′ tongue extender. It worked perfectly and WiTHiN slid off the bunks into the water. The drive to the reservoir was a bit bouncy. The [...]
Read More...Hatches & port lights on, not painted yet, no electronics, no equipment – still TONS to do, but she is ready to see water for the first time!
This is a view from inside the cockpit facing the stern. You can see the cabin hatch which is open to the side (like a door). This position [...]
Read More...I cannot believe that we will actually be ready for the very first lake trials on Sunday!
By looking at these shots taken today, you might not believe it either, but we are much closer to finishing than it might appear. There won’t be any paint on WiTHiN, or electronics or equipment aside from the pedals, [...]
Read More...I’ve been trying to figure out how to mount the VHF radio antenna, my AIS antenna, GPS antenna, Navigation light, radar reflector. that’s a lot of stuff up high which is not great for windage and offsets what we are trying to accomplish with the keel bulb which is required for stability. So, I posted [...]
Read More...The new PedalTheOcean.com web site is now up and running!
What’s new:
Let’s give away 3000 bikes to 3000 kids!
Goal: 3000 bikes for 3000 kids in 3000 miles
Currently 1 in 3 of North American children are overweight. The health care costs associated with this issue cost Americans over $13 billion a year, and Canadians over $1 [...]
There comes a time in every project where I am teetering between feeling like everything is totally out of control and very near complete disaster, and feeling the excitement of being so close to completing a significant benchmark. I’m there right now. And I’m also being a bit dramatic. Things are nowhere near ‘crazy [...]
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The photo above is from July 4 (almost 4 weeks ago) near Frank slide shortly after the start of a VERY long trail race – the 147 km Sinister 7 ultramarathon. My first attempt at running this distance resulted in having to drop out after about 19 hours and 120 km with severe blisters.
It has [...]
Read More...me in the bow storage compartment turned guest room
I had a great idea the other day while on a hike up Big Mountain. It occurred to me that WiTHiN is easily big enough to hold TWO people – one could sit in the cockpit and pedal while the other relaxes in the cabin spotting traffic [...]
WiTHiN upside down on a new stand. The bleeder protective covering has now been removed from the hull bottom
As far as big jobs go for right now, all that is left is building the drive leg / keel bay, carbon taping the exterior seems, and joining the cabin top. Paint & body work, sealing [...]
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