We've made it! Now just waiting for immigration clearance.

Arriving into Oahu shortly.

The Sea Dragon is expected to arrive in Oahu on July 9th due to a shortage of fuel and food, instead of Maui.

At midnight on June 23 we crossed 180, only to start June 23rd all over again.

"We've still got 2,100 miles to go, depending how far we get East before we meet the trades. Staying around 30N still gives us wind but we do not get the full force of the lows heading above of us.

Yesterday we saw a propane tank which we were trying to recover (turned around but since it was nearly sinking we did not find it). Crew was a bit slow turning the boat around. Lots of small debri as we sail along."

Ghost Ship

Courtesy of 5 Gyres

Ghost Ship: 29°11.9 North, 170°35.2 East 

Courtesy of 5 Gyre's

Stormy weather..  

Courtesy of 5 Gyres

Escaped Typhoon Guchol

A third of the way there..

30.50N, 156.30E

Soon approaching the Plastic Debris Field..

An average of 6.0 knots

Fast sailing to the Debris Field..

Voyage underway after the typhoon delayed departure..

Tomorrow, the voyage begins..

Song to the Siren

On the floating, shipless oceans

I did all my best to smile

til your singing eyes and fingers

drew me loving into your eyes.

And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me;

Let me enfold you."

Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you.

Did I dream you dreamed about me?

Were you here when I was full sail?

Now my foolish boat is leaning, broken lovelorn on your rocks.

For you sang, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow."

Oh my heart, oh my heart shies from the sorrow.

I'm as puzzled as a newborn child.

I'm as riddled as the tide.

Should I stand amid the breakers?

Or shall I lie with death my bride?

Hear me sing: "Swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you."

"Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you."

Geiger Counter

What is this? find out tomorrow

Typhoon Mawar will decide our departure...

When will we arrive? -we can suggest a date, but "ultimately the sea will decide"

"Patience is a virtue"the captain Rodrigo says. Departure delayed until monday due to alternator and engine repair -which has got to be a good thing. Sunday bad weather is forecast and he does not want to start off the trip in 30 nots, knots? whatever that means -and I just found out which is starboard which may help.

There are no words to describe the devastation, seeing first hand has given more significance and emotional understanding to this catastrophic natural tragedy and ultimately our expedition. Hundreds of cars damaged lay piled up line after line, the cars who still have their number plates indicate the people still unaccounted for.

Trying to blog following Japanese instructions is... 東京農工大学農学部 研究室森林

'Unlucky' ... voyage now leaves on 2nd June as it is deemed 'unlucky' to leave on 1st of the month...

The start of my journey coincides with the beginning of plastic... OIL

"Every day, industrial fishing fleets throw so many hooks into our oceans that the lines alone would wrap round the world 500 times”

(OCEAN OF LIFE: How Our Seas Are Changing by Callum Roberts)

Has everything in my life been leading me to this?

"Weekends" have no meaning at sea.

                              ...even the postcards have a nautical theme...

   Remembering with others the arrival of the vessel.

    Remembering watching...

    Remembering waiting...

Found on the beach, not plastic but a sign.

"Your storage space will be in a box, dimensions - 50cm x 40cm x 26cm"

                                ...as my journey draws nearer everywhere I see signs...

WHERE... am I going?

The caption for this image relates to recovered balloons after release. What happens to them when they float up and away, travelling for miles...