tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post6301590403954155127..comments2024-03-11T05:51:02.785-04:00Comments on Frogma: Lewis Colam - rowing for Alzheimer'sbonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-12506730241700848662012-03-06T12:37:37.968-05:002012-03-06T12:37:37.968-05:00Well, looking at the forecast for the area he'...Well, looking at the forecast for the area he's rowing now, he's got a couple of rough days coming up - winds gusting over 30 kts. I'll be very interested to see what he does in the face of that & how he comes through it. <br /><br />If he & his boat are still in one piece and he's still pushing along on Friday, that'll say a lot.bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-86758914265911744062012-03-06T00:57:48.841-05:002012-03-06T00:57:48.841-05:00Mainstream media sucks. Where is it when you reall...Mainstream media sucks. Where is it when you really need it, for important things — like cargo sailing from the Dominican Republic to NYC!?!?!?! argh!bowspritehttp://bowsprite.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-49473817445039227632012-03-06T00:33:32.646-05:002012-03-06T00:33:32.646-05:00the whole trip is something to be experienced, but...the whole trip is something to be experienced, but in a nutshell, read this:<br /><br />http://theinvisibleworkshop.blogspot.com/2009/07/onawind-blue-returns.htmlbowspritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060703617607516372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10267465.post-88751069813327910952012-03-06T00:30:15.275-05:002012-03-06T00:30:15.275-05:00my favorite comments, paraphrased:
"If he av...my favorite comments, paraphrased: <br />"If he avoids the fast food joints along the way, he should be safe."<br /><br />and "so why is he rowing here and not around England?"<br /><br />Many commentors whined about the cost of the 'USCG picking this fool up at taxpayers' expense,' et cetera. Many thought he should just go home. But I agree with Bonnie: DO it, man! get in a boat and row away! <br /><br />But read Invisible Workshop first!<br />Ben set out in a small handmade craft, to sail from Spain to Ibiza: "… 65 miles northwest. This was a long, long open sea passage and I rowed about half the distance." he was becalmed; "Ghastly calm."<br /><br />And, he was absolutely knackered. <br />I absolutely LOVE this video. I've never heard the word "knackered" before, but shall forever associate it with Ben rowing:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECXhSCcLj8o&list=UUo9Fvtlvb-KvtjYLDiDb5gA&index=10&feature=plcp<br /><br />To really drive it home, you have to experience how he expresses it with uh, art:<br />http://theinvisibleworkshop.blogspot.com/2009/08/ramming-speed.html<br /><br />so, row away, young man! it will be worth the experience no matter how far you get.bowspritehttp://bowsprite.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com