Category: Preparations

４月２０日、今日は私とダグが福島の小名浜港に無事についてから１年となる。 Today is April 20 (Japan Time), exactly a year since Doug and I safely arrived at Onahama Port in Fukushima. 多くの方々のご支援がなければわたくしの夢は夢で終わっていたに違いない。 Without our many supporters, my dream would have never come true. 今、お世話になったスポンサー企業と一人一人のことを思い出している。 Right now, I am remembering each individual and sponsor that supported our journey. ここに書ききれないくらいの人たちからのご支援を得て２度目のチャレンジで成功できたことに心から感謝したい。 I want to express my sincere gratitude … Continue reading 福島の小名浜港に無事着岸して１年、今思うこと/One Year Anniversary of Our Safe Arrival at Onahama Port

The crew supporters and families are helping them getting ready the last hour stuff to do. サポーターや家族が最後の準備をお手伝いしています。

We got some fresh food loaded on the boat. We actually need a little more shopping in the morning again... 生鮮食品を積み込みました。でも出向当時の朝にももう少し買い足すものが...

Dream Weaver Support team will try Live Stream the launching ceremony on our Facebook Page. It will be from Feb. 24th, 12:30 pm on Pacific Time. For the folks who is in Japan, it will be from Feb. 25th 5:30 am your time. We may have some connection issue, but we will try what we … Continue reading Facebook Live Streaming / Facebook ライブ中継

Thanks everyone for your support. We had a lot of reaction from the San Diego Union Tribune readers. Hiro has been checking his movement on the boat. Doug still arranging equipment installments and organization on the boat. We had dinner with families and friends of Hiro and Doug this evening. They receive a special letter … Continue reading One more day… / あと1日…

We are having one of the Dream Weaver support team member, Hiki-san and Hanaoka-san (what people call him legend!) came to see the boat. They are teaching Doug and Hiro more sailing technic in bad weather. We appreciate their time and effort!!! ドリームウィーバーサポートメンバーの一人の比企さんとレジェンドと呼ばれる花岡さんがサンディエゴまで駆けつけて下さいました。大シケの際のさらなるテクニックをご伝授いただき大変有難いです。サポーターの皆様、時間を作ってわざわざ我々のためにありがとうござます。

San Diego Union Tribune came to interview us. We also have a couple of Japanese TV came to shoot our day trading session. サンディエゴの新聞社のインタビューを受けました。また、日本からはるばる来られたテレビクルーの方々にもディトレーニングの模様を取材していただきました。

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced El Nino is likely to continue through spring 2019 and expected to be weak. Hopefully the current and the wind do not get effected badly, so that the boat speed would not slow down too much. アメリカ海洋大気庁はエルニーニョ現象の発生を発表。本年春頃までは弱めで影響は天気への影響は少ないとの見通しだという事です。潮の流れや風に大きな影響を及ぼすまでにならなければと願っています。その場合はヨットのスピードが遅くなる可能性があります。 https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/noaa-announces-arrival-of-el-nino?fbclid=IwAR1ZCTcEm3Fl94esFOvwI44jv-WWJ8VTsINf2CTQtl5Baz7vWTOxOgKT7hc

We are only days away from our launch on February 24. We are well prepared for our journey thanks to all the support we have received. On the day of our launch, we will have a time with the media at 11:30am, a launching ceremony at 12:30pm and will set sail around 1:00pm. If you … Continue reading 出港セレモニーへのご招待/Invitation to The Launching Ceremony

We loaded some foods to the boat today. We will do more shopping, but all the food donation items got here from Japan safely. 今日は食料の積込みの一部を行いました。日本からご寄付いただいた食品も無事サンディエゴに持ってくることが出来ました。 いくつかあるベッド一つに保存食をキープしています。

We have been watching the weather.   The timing and route of the trip are based on finishing the voyage by May 1 so as to avoid any risk of encountering a typhoon while arriving as late as possible to Japan to avoid the storms and low pressure systems near  Japan in early spring.   … Continue reading Weather / 気象

As the refrigerator uses a lot of electricity, we will not turn it on.  Rather, we will pre-cool it while connected to shore power and freeze gallon jugs of water and put them in the bottom of the fridge to keep it cool.  When the ice eventually melts, the jugs will become backup sources of … Continue reading Food / 食料

A group of Hiro's sailing friends got together for another send-off-party in Tokyo. Most of them have been supporting Hiro since his first challenge in 2013. Some of them have already visited our boat in San Diego, others will come and see us off at the departure, and many of them will come for the … Continue reading Thank you for all your support! / 多くのご声援ありがとうございます！

The world Largest sailing news network, "Sail-World" has picked up our story. 世界最大のセイリングニュースネットワークであるセイルワールドで我々の事が記事として取り上げられました。 https://www.sail-worldcruising.com/news/213565/Blind-sailor-teams-up-to-cross-the-Pacific?source=email

Less experienced sailors and people unfamiliar with sailing usually associate offshore and blue water sailing with increased danger.  And, while it is true that one is further from help if something happens, it is also less likely something will happen as there are fewer boats to collide with and no obstructions in the water, with … Continue reading New Pec / ニューペック（電子航海支援アプリ）

Helly Hansen has kindly agreed to provide a full set of sailing wear to the Dream Weaver team.   For the serious sailor or skier,  this company needs no introduction, but for those less familiar with the brand, we have copied and pasted about the history of Helly Hansen from the company website.   （株）ゴールドウィン様のブランド、ヘリーハンセンよりセーリングウェアの一式をドリームウィーバー … Continue reading Helly Hansen/ ヘリーハンセン

We would like to introduce Miyamoto Yusuke who was instrumental in finishing the Dream Weaver LOGO. The LOGO incorporates “DW” written in brail on the blue sail in white dots. The shape of the sail is in the shape of the letter "D" and the wave of water under the sail is reminiscent of the letter “W”. The blue … Continue reading Dream Weaver LOGO / ドリームウィーバー 　　ロゴデザイン

On November 23rd, we had a team meeting in Tokyo to discuss satellite and tracking options and also go over materials from the prior voyage to see what lessons we could learn. The support of the team in Japan has been invaluable to making this project possible.  Members of the team include:  Ando Ken, Hiki … Continue reading Team Meeting / 打合せ