It all started with a spectacular sail from the Cape Cod canal, along the Mass coast and into Boston. Luckily Will Lippit from Providence Community Boating joined us for the trip and thanks to his presence, we were able to keep the sails up and short tack our way up the last 2 channels into Boston Harbor into 27 knots with just the 4 of us (Smudge and Hickory stayed wedged between the edge of the cockpit and the liferaft so I am not counting them as crew for this trip).
American Promise and Rozalia Project were hosted by Couragous Sailing and their excellent team of instructors and directors. They could not have been more enthusiastic or accommodating and (through no fault of their own) in need of our trash pick up services. The very first evening we were there, Sloane and I walked the docks with the nets and picked u
Friday was dedicated to Boston Community Boating and the Charles River. We had visited
CBI last year as part of the pilot program so we knew they had a lot of sailors and another target rich environment and this year did not disappoint. They have a beautiful new dock system and we set up near the Western end. Right from the start we knew this was going to feature our most varied and interesting recoveries yet. In the record 102 degree heat we used the ROV to
pull up: a wind sock, cans, boat parts, a whole outfit worth of trash: shorts, socks, a sneaker
This was our biggest week yet and we have some important companies and people to thank for making it happen with their financial and in-person support:
Thanks to:Kilroy Realty Corporation
Boat US Foundation
Courageous Sailing
Boston Community Boating
Woods Hole Sea Grant
along with our tech partners (VideoRay, Blueview, Lyyn, Tritech and KCF) this week we...
-picked up 1758+ pieces of trash including an historic bottle, Mercury mainsail, 3 pairs of sunglasses
, Nike sneaker and pirate flag
-had 407+ people of all ages participate in the program, help get marine debris out of Boston Harbor and the Charles River and get to connect with their underwater world
-picked up 1758+ pieces of trash including an historic bottle, Mercury mainsail, 3 pairs of sunglasses
-had 407+ people of all ages participate in the program, help get marine debris out of Boston Harbor and the Charles River and get to connect with their underwater world
If you want to check out more photos from our Courageous stop, photographer Russ Bolt took some great ones. See: http://gallery.me.com/russbolt#100094
We are now back in Vermont for a little bit of rest and then some solid work on the phone and on the computer. We have some projects that need finishing, people that need talking to, reports to make, a video to edit and we realized it will all be easier on land (and the dogs are thrilled). More later in the week as we look back at this first phase of the Trash Tour and plan for the next which will still be all about trash pick up action but this time with more of a research focus.
Thank you to everyone who made Boston week and the whole Trash Tour to date amazing. More stats and reports to come.
Stay cool.
rzm and the Rozalia Project/American Promise crew
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