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02 May 2006
20:45GMT |
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Dear friends
and supporters:
Today, my husband, Erden Eruc officially crossed the
Atlantic Ocean by human power, solo, and unassisted and has
become the first Turk to have done so!! He continues now in
the Caribbean Sea and is heading to his final destination,
Limon, Costa Rica to complete the entire journey by water,
and will become the first person on record to cross from the
continent of Africa to N. America. I couldn't be more proud
of him right now.
I just received a phone call from him at sea, as he finally
could take a short break after pretty much a non-stop row
for the past few days to get through the channel between
Dominica and Guadalupe this morning. His
position/coordinates as of today, May 2, @1800 GMT - 6pm /
1:00pm local time was 15:43N 61:29W.
For more information, please go to our website
http://www.around-n-over.org<http://www.around-n-over.org/>
and click on the orange button on the upper right hand side
of the home page that reads: ORS. This link will take you to
Erden's homepage on the Ocean Rowing Society's website who
have been tracking Erden all along and you can see his
statistics on a daily basis by scrolling down that page.
To all of you who have been supporting him all along; to all
of you who have been sending light, prayers, and energy, I
am grateful and I thank all of you for your continued
support.
He's not finished yet! So please continue to track his
journey as his final stop on this water crossing will be
Limon, Costa Rica. Estimated arrival there will be somewhere
around June 5-8 timeframe. And yes, I will be there!!!
Please tell everyone! The Turkish press will have him on
LIVE tonight on the satellite phone on CNN-Turkey at 2pm PT
(midnight-Turkey) for those of you who have have friends and
family in Turkey, please pass on the word.
Best regards,
Nancy |
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Tim and Erden
left Lisbon yesterday and stopped in Cascais, Portugal to have
the water desalination unit repaired. This is another critical
piece of equipment in order for them to have purified drinking
water.
Our friend and supporter Malcolm Sykes of the UK, former owner
of our boat, drafted and sent papers to the Portuguese this
morning so that the boat can be appropriately registered and
they can depart once more from land. I received a phone call
from Erden at 2:20 this morning (my time) telling me of their
situation. They should be departing again shortly.
Then Kenneth Crutchlow of the Ocean Rowing Society contacted me
via phone, followed by a call from Malcolm to make sure that
everything was in place. The kindness of our friends "across the
pond" (as we say) is overwhelming. I am grateful for their
support and generosity.
I also received a wonderful message from my family in Turkey
last night. Another acknowledgement that we are in this
together. I am not alone. I feel extremely humbled by this level
of kindness, adding to my own strength. And to all of you
receiving this email...you have all added your support in one
way or another to this journey...which does not go unnoticed.
Again, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Ships ahoy!!
Warmest regards,
Nancy |
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Hello everyone!
I thought I would send you
a few photographs of Tim and
Erden on our boat and the
latest article that Tim wrote
for Canada's Globe and Mail.
Their departure is now set for tomorrow, Sunday, Oct 16 at 1400
Lisbon time, if winds prevail. For those of you up early
tomorrow in the Pacific NW (6:00am...I will be!!) or the
Midwestern part of the US/CN (8:00am CT) or in the UK (1400
BST), at this hour, please send them your good thoughts and well
wishes for a successful crossing. I spoke to Erden this morning
and he is very ready and prepared for this crossing.
Stay posted to the journey by following them on our website. You
can track their progress daily. See more details on that and on
the Ocean Rowing Society by reading Tim's article attached here.
Thanks to each and every one of you who have offered your
support, kindness, friendship and love to us over the
years....and to my newest friends at the Ocean Rowing
Society...bless you for the work you do to help the modern
adventurers of our time!
My kindest regards,
Nancy |
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