Reversing Climate Change 377: One Week Before the Mast—A Climate Sailing Travelogue from Seattle to San Francisco
One could fly to the Bay Area in about ninety minutes, but what if it took a week, enormous amounts of teamwork on a 111-year-old Norwegian sailing barque, and caused a near-universal seasickness in thirty-foot seas?
Today's show is a monologue about my experience sailing from Seattle to San Francisco on the Statsraad Lehmkuhl for the One Ocean Expedition. I'm an Executive in Residence at Maritime Blue, which sponsored this leg of the trip to raise awareness of the challenges facing the world ocean, its many inhabitants, and ourselves.
The show is about many of the practicalities of living and working among one hundred other scientists and sailors, but it's also about so much more. It's about anxiety, proximity to nature, and a reminder that humans aren't always in charge. And that also, sometimes you don't have to do the thing you really don't want to do, and why that might just be okay.
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The Essentials Of Living Aboard A Boat: The definitive Guide for Liveaboards by Mark Nicholas
"S2E33: Sailing in the age of climate change—w/ John Kretschmer, author and sailor"
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship by John Rousmaniere
University of Washington School of Oceanography