by Dr. Chris Fanta | Jan 26, 2017 | Essays-DrChrisFanta
When Rich Wilson was growing up, there were many mis-understandings about asthma. Many people still believed that asthma – with its cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, and tightness in the chest – was a psychological disease. Children with asthma were advised to sit...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 26, 2017 | Essays-RichWilson
The Vendée Globe is a singlehanded sailing race, yet each solo skipper could not succeed without a skilled and dedicated team on land. This team has prepared the boat, and while the skipper is at sea, are on call 24/7 to advise the skipper by satellite phone on...
by Dr. Ambrose Jearld | Jan 20, 2017 | Essays-AmbroseJearld
As Rich sails across the world’s oceans he will not see the thousands of fish species living in the waters far beneath his boat or the smaller prey species and plankton that they eat. Fish is a growing source of food for people around the world, but as more people eat...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 20, 2017 | Essays-RichWilson
Living in New England, with the major fishing ports of Gloucester and New Bedford, one is exposed to the state of the fisheries. Over the course of the last half century, the major stocks have depleted significantly. For the Grand Banks off Canada, the cod stock, one...
by Capt. Murray Lister | Jan 13, 2017 | Essays-CaptMurrayLister
As a young sailor and before I became an Officer and later a Master Mariner, I remember an elderly gentleman telling me, ‘The sea is safe until you forget it is dangerous’. This is absolutely true when considering the forces of nature. Theses ‘forces’ can include...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 13, 2017 | Essays-RichWilson
At sea on a clear starry night, one likely feels exceptionally small when confronted by the enormity of the universe laid out in front of one’s eyes. It is impossible to describe the relative sizes, except to say that we are tiny. Similarly, in a storm at sea,...
