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DURTNG rTS PREVTOUS voyage ;_:- across the A'""u" 6#"ffi oo, :31: :,""UTrX";:ff"ii: J, ;j'fl ;",OAR Northwest, a Seattle-based ^:;,, d> rylan! aS in the rest of the 2othteam oT lour Tormer college rowers,

r -^ .- _! .o, rtury. The allure of grabbingFi - encountered3o-footswells,stared cenf,ury'rnearrureortraporng*t . :?yrti:*,19r::yltJ"o'"0 :;'i""itrfllfi:?""1i1ili::1'"*! * a freighter. But their toughest

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- The niche sport of ocean rowingis booming. More than 450 teams

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56 days, collectively lost 147 pounds, ;'";;; ii-.,erican team ctaimedano stlll managed to o"t9T:-lT, the first nonstop row across thefirst team to row from th. --.-"-Yn't"o Arctic ocean.::\ - Hl ULIL VLEdI l .' states to malnlano Englano: . The rush is on partly becauseSi"-: , ,* . "Dayl6rol ls 'aroundandwe're :-----. .- iL--rc Fit$i1i;i1[i,i1;','i"lrrl' ffi:":"ffif.#fffi$ifl,,

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about $lo,o00 per trip. One company, RocExpeditions, has upcoming rows across thePacific and the Caribbean. Candidates don'tneed seafaring experience-they should justbe "fit and team playersj' according to captainDavid Davlianidze.

Of course, more people setting off into thebigblue means more risk-andmore rescues,Most rowboats are self-righting when cap-sized, but an improperly secured hatch canresult in an SOS call. When that happens,the rule of the sea is that the nearest boatresponds. But rescues can be an enormousexpense for the nearby ship or, if the CoastGuard gets involved, taxpayers. Accordingto the Ocean Rowing Society International(ORSI), the London-based adjudicator of rec -ords for the sport, about a third of all excur-sions have ended with a pickup. That includesexperiencedadventurers like Sarah Outen andCharlie Martell, both of whom were rescuedby the ]apanese Coast Guard this summerafter contending with 5o-foot storm waves.

"A lot of people decide that they're in anuncomfortable position and hit an EPIRB" -an emergency position-indicating radiobeacon- "which activates a rescue and costssomeone a lot of money," says KennethCrutchlow, executive director of the ORSI."There's serious debate about whether somany people should be doing thisl'

"We want to avoid encouraging inexperi-enced rowers from thinking they can get upfrom the couch and cross the oceanj' saysPaul Newman, recreational-boating safetyspecialist for the llth Coast Guard District."But the ocean is a pretty good leveler. Youdon't get far unless you're prepared."

For its part, OAR has taken precautions.Hanssen overhauled his crew, signing onthree new members: Adam Kreek. 32. a 2OO8Olympic gold medalist; Pat Fleming, 29, aformer college rower; and Markus Pukonen,30, a veteran endurance athlete. The cus-tom 30-foot fiberglass-and-kevlar boat, thelomes Robert Hanssen (see "Row Your Boat,"right), has an unprecedented satellite com-munication system that can stream live video.The team alsohired anER doctor, anavigationexpert, and a meteorologist, who will be oncall during the expedition. Nothing's certainwhen you're paddling through 30 -foot wavesand Iiving in a boat the size of a dorm room forthree months, but the group are optimistic.

"Bikingin Seattle is probablymore danger-ous," says Fleming, "I'm not saying we're un-stoppable. There's just nothingthat sticks outto me that is super dangerous about this." o

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ROWYOURBOATlnside OAR Northwest'sstate-of-the-art, 3O-footWoodvale Ocean 4 row-boat, the James RobertHanssen -K.S.

SCIENCEOAR wi i l assistclimate-changeresearcners nydeploying lwO datacol lectors dur ingthe voyage, measLrr''ing pH, tempera-ture, salinitv. anddissolved carbondioxide and oxygen.

WASTEMANAGEMENTThe plumbing issimple: a bucket."You take a seat andhnr'nr-r lnne' qr , r<

former rower andshore cr:ordinator GregSpooner."Bul i ' l l behonest; the first time,ii's a little avJkwardl'

HYDRATIONA $5,ooo SpectraWatermakers Ven-tura 150 desal ina-tion system drawsseawater tfiroughreverse osmosrS, splt-ting out n'lore thansix gallons r:f freshwater p€r hour.

POWERA l60rwatt wind

turbine on the sternand a 530-watt solararray on the bow cre-

ate enough energyto keep the battery

system cnarged.

LIVINGQUARTERSThe boat has an

B-by-5-foot sternc:hrn fnr c laan-

ing*usually two ata time, four in storm

conditions-and abow cabin for storing

equipment. The14-by-6-foot rowing

deck is exposed tothe elements.

PROPULSIONInstead ofthe fragile

carbon-fiber oarsfavored by flatwaterracers, the crew willuse 1l-foot wooden

oars of their owndesign, wrapped

with carbon fiberfor rigicJity-

COMMUNICATIONThe crew can stream

live video-a firstfor an oceangoing

rowboat-with asatellite dome con-

nected to PanasonicToughBooks andT0ughPads with

built-in cameras.

Illustration by lames Provost