by sitesALIVE! | Nov 30, 2016 | Video Posts
https://youtu.be/Oc-xyfi3cL8Video can’t be loaded: Great American IV, Boom & Skirt...
by Capt. Yann Cariou | Nov 30, 2016 | Essays-YannCariou
The sea and man. Thousands of years ago, the first sailor that saw land disappear must have been struck by a feeling of immense solitude and a profound anxiety. The land is the natural habitat of man, the place where he is born and grows, the place where he can live...
by Rich Wilson | Nov 30, 2016 | Essays-RichWilson
At sea, we see great swaths of ocean, and thereby of the planet. Sometimes on a long ocean voyage, we may be close to land, but more often we are hundreds of miles off any land. In either circumstance, I like to think about the people, the places, the cultures – just...
by sitesALIVE! | Nov 30, 2016 | Photo Galleries
Due to a high pressure system, that has produced tricky wind conditions, we are still crossing the South Atlantic Ocean. We did get a chance to proudly fly the flags that schools or education partners have sent to us, which is a great reminder of why we are in this...
by Capt. Yann Cariou | Nov 30, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - CaptYannCariou, Q&A-Expert-wk4
When the GPS does not work, In view of dry land: we use the nautical chart and daymarks or noteworthy objects that you can pick up from dry land and we position ourselves in this way via triangulation. Offshore and with dry land out of site: we use a sextant which is...
by Capt. Yann Cariou | Nov 30, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - CaptYannCariou, Q&A-Expert-wk4
It is very different to life on dry land; there isn’t anyone around us, we are really alone; it is a moving environment unlike terra firma, so the boat moves all the time and we always need to put away our things so they don’t fall and be ready to move,...