by Rich Wilson | Feb 3, 2017 | Ship's Logs
Last night, after the sun set, I went down Joff Brown’s checklist for the boat. He is our Boat Captain and Team Manager, and knows the boat inside and out. I had to do the list after sunset because it’s simply too hot to spend time scrutinizing a piece...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 3, 2017 | Essays-RichWilson
At the end of this big effort to sail around the world singlehanded, it will be time to reflect on what I’ll miss from these offshore days when I am back on land. I’ll miss the very clean air of the ocean and how my lungs love it. I’ll miss seeing...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 2, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
We did have a lawn in front of our house. And I would run around with my friends on it. And in the fall, when leaves would come off the trees, it was especially difficult for my breathing. Question submitted by Ruby, age 9, via News-O-Matic
by Rich Wilson | Feb 2, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
Dear Olivia: Yes, it’s hard, since sailing this boat involves so much exercise and when I am grinding the winches for 300 revolutions, I get out of breath. But one good thing is that the air is so clean, and doesn’t have the pollens that I am allergic to...
by Rich Wilson | Feb 2, 2017 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk13
Dear Christopher: I’ve had asthma since I was a one-year old boy, so basically I’ve had it for my whole life. The big challenge when I was growing up was that at that time, there were no asthma medications for use in the home. If you had a severe asthma...
