http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog Talitha Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:29:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en hello folks.. so anyway, I heard tell that there may or may not be some sceptics out there who may or may not believe we actually went through with the whole rowing thing. Personally I think it's highly unlikely that such people exist, as the majority of the trip was ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=65 Hi.. I make no apologies for my abscence in the last few weeks. I have been conducting extremely in-depth sociological experiments on the subject of the average man's tolerance for toxic substances; to whit - how much vodka can you actually ingest and realistically expect to wake up the next ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=64 Well we made it! We actually rowed a five year old Concept 2 rowing machine 24 hours a day for 11 days from one side of the Atlantic to the other! We stopped rowing at 9am this morning as we dropped anchor outside Gibraltar. I'm fairly relieved, as it's become ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=63 It's day 11 and miraculously no one has died. I'm referring to myself here, obviously, as the majority of these pre-pubescent fitness freaks seem to make it a lot easier than it feels to me. Then again, I am ninety, for Christ's sake! Dan has so far pulled 15800 meters ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=62 Day 9 of the crossing.. the atmosphere is a bit subdued, as if after Hump day we were expecting to see land the following morning, and woke up to find quite a long way yet to sail. So maybe premature celebrations there. Bit like Santa coming down the chimney but ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=61 Today is Hump day.. which is not as fun as it sounds, but still it's good news. Means we're passing the half way mark. You can see on the webcam page that more of Africa is visible than anything else, so we're going the right way. It's a bit rolly ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=60 Hey thanks Sue for the encouragement! The Kiwis are definately owning the race.. We're into day 3 and it's difficult to think about anything else. Although we are working normal hours too, so it's a bit of a scissor. The bridge watch guys are powering through the night in shifts. ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=59 Well we are officially rowing the Atlantic..!  We left Antigua at 3pm EST to much honking of horns and general merriment, with the Ergo (rowing machine) manned by Bjorn, on the fantail of the ship for show. Once outside the port we carried to the starboard wing where it is ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=58 We're sitting in St Lucia, midway through our last charter of the season, preparing for the crossing, due to start in 10 days. Preparation for the rowing madness is in full swing. I for one am starting to get slightly apprehensive. I generally tend to adopt a more ambivalent attitude ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=57 Hi folks.. we are in Antigua having a brief respite from the frenetic organised chaos that is our purpose, well in fairness we're just swapping one chaos for another, but at least we get to go ashore. So while we catch our breath we're busy doing odd jobs around the ... http://www.mytalitha.com/weblog/?p=56