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Reposted with permission from Waggoner Nov 30, 2024. Original article . There have been significant, noteworthy firsts in science thanks to the crew of s/v One Ocean and the Around the Americas Expedition. Thanks to their on-board meteorological station, microSWIFT buoy drops, polar observations

Sailing from Puerto Montt to the entrance of Penas is straightforward navigation-wise, not so much weather-wise. The channels, islands and hazards along this 120nm stretch are well documented and scenic. Protected from the prevailing westerly winds this leg of the voyage is relatively calm. The

In 1982 Warren Least Heat Moon followed 13,000 miles of little roads around America after he lost his teaching job and separated from his wife. His was a voyage of leaving something behind and immersing himself in something new. His book from that voyage, Blue Highways, published in 1982, went with

It’s the last day of January, and as we sit at anchor—waiting for customs… again—I have to say our time in Puerto Caldera has already been encouraging. Before we’ve even set foot ashore, people have reached out offering help in every way possible. One woman in particular, Rocio from the sailing

Migration is a natural, beautiful process. It occurs continuously, among people and animals alike, driven by survival, access to food and resources, and the search for safer, more favorable living conditions. Migration occurs across land, sea, and sky and is a common thread between thousands of

One Ocean is currently 340 nautical miles off the coast of Chile. We left Callao on Wednesday evening and—somehow—it’s already Sunday. We’ve been averaging 120 nautical miles a day heading south. Conditions have been kind, and once we cleared 150 miles offshore, it felt as though we were completely

The Humboldt Current is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north from the southern tip of South America along the continent’s western edge toward the equator. It is part of the South Pacific Gyre—the largest of Earth’s five major rotating subtropical ocean current systems. This

-c1300 hrs, 276nm west of Peru-Chile border A Point in Time Off watch, sometime between napping and sleeping an unfamiliar alarm went off. A few moments wasted to make sure it wasn’t just in my head, and then more alarms. Something important was happening, urgency required. Nap done, now I’m very

This morning I've muttered (mostly to myself) a dozen times that it's time to leave Peru and head south. I woke up wanting to be on the move rather than tied to a buoy a hundred yards or so from the Yacht Club Peruano. Part of my impatience to get going is purely from looking at the time and

The lights of Lima remain off our port beam as we glide south toward Chile through soft, calm water. The night sky is speckled with southern constellations, and the moisture in the air makes everything feel damp. It’s 12:30 a.m., and I’ve just started my midnight to four watch. I couldn’t sleep

10/21/25 Today I woke up to “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley blasting from the restaurant across the street from where One Ocean had docked just yesterday afternoon. Well shit, I thought— isn’t that the perfect theme song for today. It was the first morning in many where I slept soundly, without the

I woke this morning to calm waters—the quietest and flattest I have seen in a long while on this expedition. The early morning sun burned through a layer of fog, not thick, just enough to bead dew across the deck and leave a damp chill in the air. It was my early morning watch aboard One Ocean as we