directing winch placement on the boat trip with additional crew. committed to the 1,100-mile trip from
to coordinating a weekend luncheon “Robin Knox Johnson and Isabelle Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, to Puerto
with Rockefeller. Autissier are just two examples of Williams, Chile.
“Fortunately, I’ve got a great people who have signed up to join us “By staying involved and actively
team helping me with all the details,” along the way,” Schrader said. “This participating in the voyage, I’ll be
Schrader said. “Otherwise we would allows us to expand our message to better able to recruit other people to
never be able to get the project Europe and other regions of the globe. get involved,” Rockefeller said. “The
launched.” The oceans are all connected. The issues are huge and threatening the
One of the crew members is his problems we’re facing in the Americas population of all the people in the
long-time friend and veteran ocean are the same problems facing other Americas. This is something we all
sailor David Logan, who’s in charge of countries.” need to be concerned about. We must
preparing the Bruce Roberts-designed One leg he won’t have to fill with change how we’re treating the oceans
Ocean Watch for a cruise which will additional crew is the passage around or very soon it will be too late.”
see it approach the ice floes along the Cape Horn. Rockefeller has already 48° N
Northwest Passage and sail into the
teeth of the winds south of Cape Horn.
It must be refit to carry six full-time ABOUT SAIlOrS FOr The SeA
crew members and occasional guests.
It will be outfitted with sophisticated In 2004, David Rockefeller, Jr., “Once sailors understand the
scientific equipment for monitoring had just finished a three-year position vulnerability of our oceans’ health, I
ocean and atmospheric conditions. Not on the Pew Ocean Commission, a believe they will insist upon becoming
only does Logan, who will serve as first comprehensive study which made it stewards for change,” Rockefeller
mate on the voyage, have to oversee all dramatically apparent that the oceans said. “Sailors for the Sea allows them
the installation, he must also provide were being severely threatened. The the forum and the opportunity to get
onboard maintenance and repairs. Pew Oceans Commission and a second involved in one of the critical issue of
He also recognizes the scope of the study, the U.S. Commission on Ocean our day.”
project still facing the team. “Getting Policy, identified three main threats: Some of the accomplishments for
the boat ready is critical, of course,” serious pollutants that degrade Sailors for the Sea include:
Logan said, “but it’s not the most coastal ecosystems, a dramatic decline • Sponsorship of the Around the
complicated part of the whole mission. of fish stocks, and bureaucratic chaos Americas campaign.
This is a fabulous opportunity to raise in ocean management. • A national model program, called
awareness about the critical state of the “We all came away from the Pew Clean Regattas, targeting yacht
oceans. I’m glad I only have to focus Ocean Commission with the pledge to clubs other sailing programs,
on have just getting the boat ready make good on the commissions reports designed to encourage marine
because I’m daunted by the magnitude and recommendations,” Rockefeller conservation and to raise awareness
of the entire project.” said. “I noticed that other groups of marine environmental issues.
And he’s getting help from many had organized around improving our • A curriculum on marine
unexpected sources. “The maritime ocean’s health. Surfers, fishermen, environment issues designed for
community in Ballard has just been birders, they all had become stewards young sailors and boaters.
fantastic,” Logan said. “It’s like they’ve of the oceans. But there was no group • The production of “A Sea Change,”
taken on this project as their own. involving sailors to help increase a film supported in part by SfS that
Everyone’s pitched in to help us out. environmental awareness and to builds on the impact and awareness
Seaveiw East, Sure Marine, Canvas leverage the awareness with action of Al Gore’s documentary “An
Supply, Northern Lights and so many towards improving the health of Inconvenient Truth,” to bring to the
others have contributed time and our oceans. Sailors for the Sea was public the serious issues of ocean
materials and equipment to get the our attempt to include sailors in acidification and the impact of CO2
boat ready. Fisheries Supply has been an organization that educates and on ocean health.
great. There wouldn’t be an Around the embraces the need to protect and
Americas cruise without all of them.” restore our oceans waters’.” For More Information
The launch date for Ocean Watch With colleague David Treadway, Sailors for the Sea
is set for March 31. Then Logan has Rockefeller started the Boston-based 56 Commercial Wharf East
two months to finish outfitting before nonprofit in 2004. A long-time sailor, Boston, MA 02110
the voyage heads north at the end of with thousands of ocean miles under Phone: 617.248.9966
May. The two other permanent crew many different keels in many different Fax: 617.248.9955
members – journalist Herb McCormick countries, Rockefeller knew first-hand Email: info@sailorsforthesea.org
and the first American sailor to transit that sailors needed the ocean and the Website: www.sailorsforthesea.org
the Northwest Passage, David Thoreson ocean needed sailors. Sailors for the
– arrive in May. Schrader is using his Sea proposed becoming the sailor’s
broad contacts in the international voice for ocean advocacy.
sailing community to fill in legs of the
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