Be advised - don’t read this at the table! When the wind has finally calmed down and we can start rowing again, we are faced with yet another challenge - skin inflammations often called the furuncles. Despite the vastness of water
The waves stood in a formation and waved cheerful flags at us. Yes, the first 1000 in the ocean went by unnoticed. Those 11 unauthorized showers in one night were more noticeable. In the European campsites you often have to
It seams that the ocean is reading our blog, because the minute we called it calm and quiet it got angry. We spent the night balancing our boat on thin wave peaks and getting showered so often that we lost
The feeling of movement is indescribable. Centimeter after centimeter, meter after meter. The days are running by and forming weeks. We honestly can’t believe that soon we will start our third week of scooping ocean’s water with extensions of our
For now we are on schedule - we have rowed more than 550 km in 8 days and finally we are over the sea sickness - the patches really work. Every morning we are blessed by an amazing sunrise and every
The first day is like a graduation party - everybody dressed up in white shirts, best wishes for the new stretch of life, tears of affection and laughter as we leave the harbor and enter the windless vastness of the
Today we pulled in the sea anchor and finally could start rowing again. During the night we took turns on watch, to balance the boat and prevent it from turning over. Once in a while a friendly wave leapt over the
With this we officially wanted to announce our departure for cross Atlantic row from Luderitz, Namibia to Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016. We will departure on 4th of May, 8:00 (Namibian time). This adventure is a mosaic of many helpful