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posted by Andrew Kaplan at 9:20 PM
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The Corsair
'O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our soul's as free
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,
Survey our empire, and behold our home!
These are our realms, no limits to their sway-
Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
Ours the wild life in tumult still to range
From toil to rest, and joy in every change.
...
From Lord Byron's famous poem The Corsair
Our thoughts as boundless, and our soul's as free
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,
Survey our empire, and behold our home!
These are our realms, no limits to their sway-
Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey.
Ours the wild life in tumult still to range
From toil to rest, and joy in every change.
...
From Lord Byron's famous poem The Corsair
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 3:20 PM
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
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What is Point Conception?
Most of the California coast runs in a general north to south direction. However, along the Santa Barbara channel, the coast runs in more of an east to west direction. At the western end of the channel, the coast makes an abrupt 90-degree turn northward. It was on this point, which some early explorers termed the Cape Horn of the Pacific and where mariners following the coast had to make a severe course correction.
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 9:20 AM
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Thursday, August 18, 2005
Don't worry about Point Conception
If you have heard scary things about sailing around Point Conception, do not worry. It is not as bad as you think.
Click here on Point Conception.com and see for yourself.
Click here on Point Conception.com and see for yourself.
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 8:56 PM
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Report #4 from the High Seas, sharks, etc.
Click here for the report.
Santa Cruz Island is located in the Channel Islands, which are offshore of the southern California mainland, stretching 160 miles from the northernmost San Miguel Island (out from Santa Barbara) to the most southerly San Clemente island (off of San Clemente). The islands and their encircling waters are rich in diversity of plant and animal life, and host 145 endemic plant and animal species. The five northern islands comprise the Channel Islands National Park. The largest of the islands in the park is Santa Cruz, which is 22 miles long and has a land mass of about 62,000 acres.
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 10:19 AM
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Audio report # 3 from the Ocean
Day Three. Click here.
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 9:22 AM
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Count down
One day to launch....weather forecast for Long Beach: partly cloudy, 65 degrees to 75 degrees.
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 4:47 PM
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Friday, August 12, 2005
San Francisco
European discovery and exploration of the San Francisco Bay Area and its islands began in 1542 and culminated with the mapping of the bay in 1775. Early visitors to the Bay Area were preceded 10,000 to 20,000 years earlier, however, by the native people indigenous to the area called the Oholone (a Miwok Indian word meaning "western people").
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 6:18 PM
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Long Beach
The area was originally occupied by the Tongva people who lived in a rancheria named Tibahangna. Along with other Tongva villages, it disappeared in the mid-1800s.
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 6:15 PM
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Go north young men
Countdown. Three young men, Cal, Andrew, the naturalist and Julian, are sailing north from Long Beach to San Francisco. Three days to launch.
posted by Andrew Kaplan at 5:38 PM
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