Update Episode #27 First Aid Kits! Tips from ocean rowers on what they used and brought with them on their ocean crossing!   Music from bensound

Alex Mason is an adventurist on land and water! From hiking to ocean rowing, Alex crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a 4 person boat in early 2020 and is planning to row across the Indian Ocean in 2022 and is part of MonkeyFist Adventures! Learn a little about the differences between an organized crossing and an independent crossing as well as some fundraising tricks, sea sickness and so much more! https://www.toughgirlchallenges.com/single-post/alex-mason Music from bensound  

Update Episode #26 Let's talk about your bootie!!! What do you use for your bum in the ocean?   Music from bensound

Mark Potter is a future ocean rower taking on the NOMAN is an island race to end HPV by joining a crew to do a short but important row! Nobody said ocean rowing had to be from conitnent to continent! Learn about what Mark is rowing for, a bit about this race, how much work it still takes to get to the starting line, and how this might be a great option for ocean rowers! Support Mark here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mark-potter-noman Music from bensound

Update Episode #25 Book Review #1 - Alone Across the Pacific Ocean by Alex Bellini Book: https://amzn.to/2Rk5oCx Music from bensound

I have gathered book recommendations from ocean rowers! Listen for more info, but here's some info. Sally's Odd at Sea - Sally Kettle Rowing the Atlantic - Roz Savage Stop Drifting, start rowing - Row Savage Dare to Do - Sarah Outen Rowing it alone - Debra Searle Battling the oceans in a rowboat - Mick Dawson Little Shop of Fools - Charles Wilkens The Naked Rower by Rob Hamill - although really hard to find The Oarsome Adventures of a Fat Boy Rower - Kevin Biggar Alone Across the Pacific Ocean - Alen Bellini and Francesca Urso Daring the Sea - David Shaw  Rowing into the Son - Jordan Hanssen On Tempestuous Seas…rowing two oceans by Elin Has Davies  Antigua or Bust - Rachel Smith Four Mums In a Boat - Janette Beaddi, Helen Butters, Niki Doeg, Frances Davies The Crossing - Ben Fogle A fighting chance - Chat Blythe and John Ridgeway Atlantic Lady - Dianne Carrington Row Aurora by Dawn Wood Across the Savage Sea - Maud Fontenoy How to Break the Atlantic Rowing World Record after brain surgery - Emma Wolstenholme Alone - The true story of the man who fought sharks, waves, and weather of the pacific and won - Gerard d’Aboville Bold Man of the Sea: My Epic Journey - Jim Shekhdar A Pearl in the Storm: How I found my heart in the middle of the ocean - Tori Murden Row for Freedom: Crossing an Ocean in Search of Hope - Julia Immonen Just Keep Rowing: Lessons from the Atlantic Ocean by the youngest person to row it alone by Katie Spotz Music from bensound

Christian Shaw is the co-founder and director of Plastic Tides. Plastic Tides mission is to inspire and catalyze action toward a plastic free future through adventure, education, and youth empowerment. We also chatted about hwo to reach out to charities! If you want to get involved with the relay, https://www.plastictides.org/relay. Checkout stats on plastic pollution at adventurescientists.org   Music from bensound

Update episode #22: What is dot watching, updates on TWAC, and future episode info. music from bensound

Claire Allinson from Oarsome Foursome was part of the fastest female trio to cross the Atlantic in TWAC 2019. This episode goes back to our origins and provides so many useful tips for future ocean rowers, that you have to check this podcast out if you are planning to row an ocean. You can reach Claire at [email protected] Music from bensound.com

A quick shoutout to those still crossing the Atlantic! Let's not forget some people are still on their crossing and we wish them the best of luck!   Music from bensound