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The view from ANNA's cockpit: moving mountains, mid-Pacific Ocean.

Although long-distance ocean passages and overlanding have seemingly very different skill sets, the objective remain the same: adventuring. We've found one interesting connection that an ocean-yacht and a land-yacht share: getting from point A to point B, on occasion, requires navigating a difficult mountain range, or set of dynamic mountain ranges. The primary difference being that over land, the mountains appear to remain stationary as we move across them, whereas at sea, the mountains appear to be moving all around us.  

In both instances we had to learn how to adjust and adapt to the elements, while in unfamiliar surroundings. And we had to understand the limitations and tradeoffs of the rigs that we were, purposefully, building-out for our little adventures. And of course in the process, we learn a bit about ourselves and our abilities and the extent of our limitations. Our vessels and vehicles are merely a means to an end - exploring. 

 

 

ANNA, South.Pacific Ocean, on final approach to New Zealand, en route from Tonga - photo courtesy of NZ military recon and SAR aircraft Orion - who kept an eye out for us on their runs between the Minerva Reef, off Tonga, and the east side of northern NZ. We communicated our status with them via VHF radio (ship to plane) through a storm front.

 

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 A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
-- John A. Shedd, 1928

 

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Rich and Cat Ian-Frese