Hawaii

Years ago, an unhappy and out of shape Roz Savage was working in an office in the UK, wondering what she was doing with her life.  She decided she needed to make a change.  So, she sat down at her desk and wrote up her own obituary - actually two, in fact.  The first was the obituary for the life she was leading then, the second for the life she wanted to live - a life that was worth living.  In that moment, Roz Savage decided to step out of the realm of the average office worker, and into a life of adventure.

Honolulu, US - In spite of the adversity, or should we say adversities, Roz Savage has rowed the Eastern Pacific from San Francisco to Hawaii. 99 days, 2900 miles, and many, many pulls on the oars after leaving the Golden Gate, Roz crossed her chosen line at around 0900 local time yesterday. While this row is an amazing achievement, Roz is only part way to her goal. This is just the first leg of her much longer trip to

As a US Marine serving in the first Gulf War, Marcus Eriksen stood in the middle of the burning oil fields, covered with soot and burnt crude, and was struck with the senselessness of it all. From that point, he decided that something needed to be done to bring attention to the ongoing issues of environmental destruction. He realized that if he could make saving the environment an adventure, if he could make it cool, then the much needed press coverage would follow. He reinvented himself - leaving behind the life of a Marine Commando to become a commando warrior on a different front.

Honolulu, US - With the hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic debris floating around in the Pacific, it would have been difficult to spot the one collection of garbage moving with a purpose. A bunch of plastic bottles, strapped together with old aluminum spars and topped with an airplane cockpit and a mast, would have barely stood out from the mass of plastic garbage in the Pacific Gyre, yet this questionable craft has carried two brave men across the Eastern Pacific, and into the history books. An elated Marcus Eriksen spoke with YachtPals just moments ago

Kauai, Hawaii - Al Hughes on Dogbark has taken line honors (first to finish) for the 2008 Singlehanded Transpac, crossing the finish line at Hanalei bay, Kauai, just hours ago. We meet with Al in the San Francisco bay the day before the race, and told him he would be the first sailboat into Hawaii. While he didn't quite agree, he also didn't disagree.