Posted by Jessica Muffett on February 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Who is Your Hero?
Sailors for the Sea, which “educates and engages the boating community in the worldwide protection of the oceans,” was the outcome of David Rockefeller’s work on the Pew Oceans Commission, which identified profound and alarming…
Posted by Jessica Muffett on October 28, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Who is Your Hero?
In 2012, Matt Rutherford became the first person to solo circumnavigate North and South America. He completed the non-stop 27,000 mile journey in 10 months in a tiny, old sailboat.
Solotheamericas.org
Matt has embarked on a…
Posted by Jessica Muffett on October 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Who is Your Hero?
This year Jeanne Socrates completed a singlehanded, nonstop circumnavigation at age 70. This was after another two previous circumnavigations met unfortunate ends. Her first ended in a beaching and loss of her boat and during the…
Posted by Jessica Muffett on November 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Who is Your Hero?
Capt. Alexia Barrier founded the ocean research program “4myplanet” which saw her commission and sail a 60 foot sailing yacht around the world single-handedly, while gathering ocean status data and educating school children worldwide via satellite…
Posted by Jessica Muffett on February 24, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Photo: © Carrie Vonderhaar, Ocean Futures Society.
Since first being “thrown overboard” by his father at the age of seven with newly invented SCUBA gear on his back, Jean-Michel has been exploring the ocean realm. The…
Who is Your Hero?
Sailors for the Sea, which “educates and engages the boating community in the worldwide protection of the oceans,” was the outcome of David Rockefeller’s work on the Pew Oceans Commission, which identified profound and alarming…
Who is Your Hero?
In 2012, Matt Rutherford became the first person to solo circumnavigate North and South America. He completed the non-stop 27,000 mile journey in 10 months in a tiny, old sailboat. Solotheamericas.org
Matt has embarked on a…
Who is Your Hero?
This year Jeanne Socrates completed a singlehanded, nonstop circumnavigation at age 70. This was after another two previous circumnavigations met unfortunate ends. Her first ended in a beaching and loss of her boat and during the…
Photo: © Carrie Vonderhaar, Ocean Futures Society.