Well, we have the cabin top assembled! This is pretty cool because it’s the first thing we’ve made that actually looks like Ocean WiTHiN! We’re also pretty psyched to see that Stuart Bloomfields design magic works like a charm. After building the cabin top jig and fitting the 3 cabin top carbon panels into [...]
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We have completed all but two panels and we realized that we had miscalculated the amount of epoxy resin we were going through. The raw Corecell panels were soaking up way more epoxy that we had originally expected, so I placed an order for more MAS brand epoxy from Noahs in Montreal and we have [...]
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Building Ocean WiTHiN – a human powered ocean crossing boat
My last blog post called “how it’s done” was a step by step attempt to show you how we are building Ocean WiTHiN and it was received with a bit of confusion. I realized that I could do a much better job, so after four more [...]
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Ken and I are now like a well oiled machine. A carbon sandwich panel making machine. Yesterday we finished side B of our first panel containing seat parts, and BOTH sides of the next panel which consists of the bulkheads. We have a pretty good system down, and so far the panels are coming out [...]
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I seem to blast through iPods as fast as I blow through sneakers. Last summer during training for the 24 hour human powered boat record I purchased a totally water proof enclosure for my iPod from OtterBox because my previous iPod got wet and eventually died. I was sick of buying new iPods so I [...]
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After only 2 days into my Peru trip, I got a text from Ken with the bad news that we got kicked out of the hanger that my friend Steve so kindly offered to us as to build the new ocean crossing human powered boat – Ocean WiTHiN.
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Backroads Peru Trekking Trip
Helen and I just got back from a 9 day, lodge to lodge trekking trip in Peru from Cusco to Machupicchu ( Machu Picchu ). It was a seriously incredible experience. We stayed in these amazing lodges by Mountain Lodges of Peru – top comfort accommodations in the middle of nowhere at [...]
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Finally some real progress on the new ocean crossing boat!
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The image above is a model that Ken made using the developed panels designed by Stuart Bloomfield. This is basically how the new boat will be built. The first step is to create the flat panels which are carbon over Corecell closed cell foam core. Then [...] -
I just finished a 100 km running week. I’m not sure if I have ever run that much in one week previously, but I didn’t find it that tough. I think the most difficult part was running INSIDE around a track for [...]
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Surf City Marathon
Helen and I just got back from a GREAT trip down to Huntington Beach, California for the Surf City Marathon – a top rate event which I HIGHLY recommend if you are looking for a scenic marathon to run. We were there with our good friends Kevin and Cindy Casper.
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RAAM is a 2921.7 mile, coast-to-coast ultra marathon cycling race. First run in 1982, 2010 is the 29th year of the race. For a week+, contending solo cyclists pedal an average of 350 miles per day, while sleeping as little as 1 hour per night. Burning 8,000 to 10,000 or more calories per day, racers [...]
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This idea is still very much in concept stage and there are no blog posts yet. I have an ocean to cross, a human powered airplane to build and a hundred miles to run before I can start to think seriously about Greenland’s ice cap. However, below are some concepts that have been discussed.
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I’ve been working with human powered airplane designer Nick Hein and we’ve been going back and fourth on some pretty cool ideas for a human powered airplane design. Some look pretty logical and some ideas (well, some of MY ideas) are down right nuts. But, this is a starting point – sort of just brain [...]
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Hey everyone.
Not much to report aside from my training is going fairly well – just plugging away at the training program my coach Jason Yanota made up for me. The riding is all inside on the mag trainer which, for shorter-harder workouts, isn’t so bad.
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It looks like Jason Yanota’s most excellent training program is paying off. I hit 270 watts today for my 20 minute test. That’s not all that outstanding compared to the world of what is possible, but considering that I started at a wimpy 250 watts about 6 weeks ago, that’s not bad.
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Yesterdays keynote speech at Metafore Corporation here in Calgary at the Palliser Hotel went very well! I was invited to present at Metafore’s customer appreciation night 2 months ago.
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My messages about not quiting, the importance of having a strong vision in accomplishing your goals, and why being bold about your challenge will give you an [...] -
Human Powered Flight
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I’m not sure exactly what direction I want to pursue with this project. I have a few options. There are a few designs that are being considered and these will need to be built in-house from scratch (a huge job!). Another option is to bring a HPA over from Germany. Velair was built [...] -
Wow – how time flies hey?
I have been very bad at keeping the blog up to date – sorry. Here is a quick update on some of the various projects I am working on:
PedalTheOcean.com – human powered ocean crossingYou might recall that last winter I decided to push the pause button on PedalTheOcean for a [...]
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Check out the new ride! The Nocom lowracer from Velokraft.More about the bike at Warren’s site.
The Nocom is made by Velokraft out of Krakow, Poland. There are only a hand full of these radical bikes in North America – and probably the world.
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My Nocom is pretty extreme because it is unpainted to save some weight. [...]
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