If ANYONE has her Sat # CALL HER and tell her to Radio or call the Tarawa Marine Guard on 500, 2182 and 6215 MHz. Channel 16 is monitored only during office hours (0800-1230, 1330-1615 Monday to Friday).

AND VERIFY WHICH END OF THE ISLAND SDHE NEEDS TO HEAD FOR !!! SOON !!!

9/2/09 6:15AM – Day 101 – Landing a Parachute on a Penny

Great to hear from you Roz. Thank you!

With your skills, you can do it!

“To Richard, my minstrel. Funny that recently I’ve been listening to books by George R R Martin, set in the court of some imagined medieval-ish place and time. So jesters, troubadours, singers and minstrels are very vivid in my mind right now. And you perform the role admirably – I very much appreciate your contributions to the Rozling community, as well as your thoughtfulness in considering how best you could enhance our enjoyment of the adventure. Thank you!”

Richard in Austin wrote: I think that “once”, with one of the green ones (ability to see in the future), I correctly foresaw that I would have a stomach ache from eating too many Jordan almonds.

LOL, I remember those candy-coated almonds … did not know they had a name Jordan. Not only are you a minstrel, but a fine Court Jester … ability to see in the future, indeed, and invoke jolly laughter.

[Someday let's bend an elbow when I visit my son and his family -- they moved to Round Rock last summer. When my wife and I visited last August, my son and I met with Will Wynn to chat about his and Austin's green agenda -- he was wearing western wear and flip-flops having just returned from Bloomberg's NYC meeting with McCain's and Obama's energy and climate advisors. Very progressive.]

I know that your sights are set higher than simply the achievements of one person, and your goals are for the entire planet, but sometimes it is the inspiration provided by just one person that makes all the difference.

So anyway, add three more people to the legion of Rozlings! Go Roz!! Godspeed!!

Be safe.

I am only posting this because I know you were given incorrect information about where to head to on Funafuti…

According to http://www.noonsite.com/Countries/Kiribati/BetioIslet

“”Tarawa Radio should be called on VHF Channel 16 when approaching the island and give one’s ETA. The Marine Guard keeps 24 hour watch on 500, 2182 and 6215 MHz. Channel 16 is monitored only during office hours (0800-1230, 1330-1615 Monday to Friday). Having been advised beforehand, officials will be waiting in Betio when the yacht arrives. All formalities are supposed to be completed alongside in the small boat harbour in Betio, but this can only take yachts under 6 ft draft. Because of silting, the depths in the harbour are unreliable, so it may be safer for larger draft vessels to tie up to the commercial wharf on the way into Betio or anchor just outside the harbour entrance. An unmarked wreck, lying just below the surface, is close to the recommended anchorage and its position has been reported at 1°22.03′N 172°55.44′E. The customs office is at Betio and immigration officials will come over from Bairiki, where the government offices are based. The captain must show last port clearance and registry certificate.”"

The required point of entry is at the Beito small boat harbour.

Also on the charts and Google earth there does not appear to be a reliably open inlet from the east side of the islands to the lagoon.

I apologize if I am incorrect but it appears you are heading a half days row from where you need to be..

Thanks for re-posting those tweets. There were a few in there that I hadn’t seen before.

8/29/09 4:48PM – kills me 2 go so slow! but teamroz cant all get 2 tarawa until 9/9.
9/1/09 8:26AM – eek! had passed today’s target milestone by 0600. harder than you’d think to go slow!
9/1/09 9:35Am – going to try sea anchor and see what happens…
9/1/09 1:57 PM – need to push north. safest approach to tarawa is from east.
9/1/09 6:32 PM – wind strong and rising. sea anchor out. too south for tarawa. anxious times.
9/2/09 2:17AM – midnight here and wind still blowing strong. ric tells me it shd drop a bit tmrw. it better had!

Alejo, from Colombia

In fact, recent carrot$ were $cattered before you when you crossed 177 00E and 176 00E.
The next bunch of carrot$ will be $cattered when you cross 175 00E, $pread evenly every 2 nautical miles WNW before you.

zen introspection
seas impending emptiness
solutions abound

BTW, clues in your tweets and practical introspection I figured out when and where your crossed the 176 00E and 175 00W lines, and $cattered carrot$ before you westerly as pledged … one carrot$ every 2 nautical miles $stretching WNWesterly

solo float parade
hugging west the equator
just strutting her stuff

Oh, and thanks for the NIU deployment. Those of us in Hawaii appreciate that!
- Pat

Magda.

self imposed silence
breaking tweet out from the blue
feeding sharks surround

We resume regularly scheduled programming …

middle of nowhere
farthest reaches of the world
we now know our plight

solo day of rest
tugging on the world beneath
knowledge in her wake

-j

You’re doing a great job Nicole, and no matter how many mistakes – we appreciate you updating us and letting us know how everything is going!

There are many other explorers/adventurers out there whose exploits I follow with fervor. But of all these, past and present, there is none that compare nor surpass the intensity of the mission Roz is on. Her ecological concerns and messages are outstanding. She truly inspires a positive reaction toward cleaning up the colossal mess humanity has, and is, leaving in its wake.

The messages from others are small by comparison… for the moment; but the momentum is growing! And we, dear Rozlings, can expedite this by setting examples in our own communities. Many of us have already begun to do so in various ways to various degrees. As a result, we really are a part of Roz’s team, a trooper if you will.

So let’s let Roz enjoy her rest, a break she rarely gets, and do our share of what she inspires us to do. Spread the word and carry on, troopers! That’s the energy she needs from us.

Tremendous hugs to you, Nicole! _Achates

Remind Roz to watch out for the Space Station per my previous post.

contemplating she
sea change ocean pulling oars
cause meta for Roz