![Pilgrimage North, to visit the Columbia River Heritage Museum and the exhibit about Gerard d'Aboville, the 1st man to row the N Pacific.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_4372/4234320322.jpg)
Pilgrimage North, to visit the Columbia River Heritage Museum and the exhibit about Gerard d'Aboville, the 1st man to row the N Pacific.
![Chasing the Storm: Photo by Christian Agha. What an experience this was, torrential rain, huge rolling sea and howling winds. So much so, my volunteer towboat turned back.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2017/06/5D4_5086/121031877.jpg)
Chasing the Storm: Photo by Christian Agha. What an experience this was, torrential rain, huge rolling sea and howling winds. So much so, my volunteer towboat turned back.
![Oh Chevy. I love driving around in what feels like an armchair, but must you keep teaching me about cars by failing bit by bit?](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_1128/4102090870.jpg)
Oh Chevy. I love driving around in what feels like an armchair, but must you keep teaching me about cars by failing bit by bit?
![Puerto Vallarta > SF by 30 knot Nigel Irens-designed cruiser-racer trimaran.
This delivery paid for the repair of my car.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_1114/560152836.jpg)
Puerto Vallarta > SF by 30 knot Nigel Irens-designed cruiser-racer trimaran.
This delivery paid for the repair of my car.
![Recovered, not rescued by the USCG.
Lots of lessons here, mostly on the importance of communication between vessels when interacting at sea.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_1306/345599848.jpg)
Recovered, not rescued by the USCG.
Lots of lessons here, mostly on the importance of communication between vessels when interacting at sea.
![Plenty of floating in 2018. On and off the water.
Best bang for buck recovery? Epsom salt bath /sensory-deprivation tank.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_2003/2187234239.jpg)
Plenty of floating in 2018. On and off the water.
Best bang for buck recovery? Epsom salt bath /sensory-deprivation tank.
![Surprise!
Dr Aenor and her sister Gigi commandeered a sea cucumber fisherman and his boat and motored out to see me arrive at the end of my SF > Santa Barbara voyage.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_1895/3174524673.jpg)
Surprise!
Dr Aenor and her sister Gigi commandeered a sea cucumber fisherman and his boat and motored out to see me arrive at the end of my SF > Santa Barbara voyage.
![Media Highlight of the Year!
Guest on the Theo Von Show. My poor phone was battered with comments, messages and pings for 3 days after the show aired on You Tube :-)](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_2333/3530646874.jpg)
Media Highlight of the Year!
Guest on the Theo Von Show. My poor phone was battered with comments, messages and pings for 3 days after the show aired on You Tube 🙂
![This was the building my potential sponsor was planning to buy. I would have had the space under the mezzanine to build my new boat.
Some things just aren't meant to happen. This was one of them.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_2435/3962000460.jpg)
This was the building my potential sponsor was planning to buy. I would have had the space under the mezzanine to build my new boat.
Some things just aren't meant to happen. This was one of them.
![Christmas came early to the Ditton household! We were all together in England in October, so we celebrated Christmas in October!](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_2618/963662921.jpg)
Christmas came early to the Ditton household! We were all together in England in October, so we celebrated Christmas in October!
![FINALLY.
What a thing: Non-stop around the Farallons in 3d 35 mins. So challenging, but finally that week the stars aligned for a plan executed to success.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/fullsizeoutput_1227/4267377975.jpeg)
FINALLY.
What a thing: Non-stop around the Farallons in 3d 35 mins. So challenging, but finally that week the stars aligned for a plan executed to success.
![Post Farallon-record coffee and a croissant, brought to me by my dear friend Cyril who even borrowed a kayak to paddle out because I was too tired to up anchor and row to the dock to meet him!](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_2791/3738677749.jpg)
Post Farallon-record coffee and a croissant, brought to me by my dear friend Cyril who even borrowed a kayak to paddle out because I was too tired to up anchor and row to the dock to meet him!
![SF Chronicle Travel Reporter Greg Thomas uses the basement archive as his podcasting studio! After Kim Chambers and Alex Honnold, I was the 3rd guest on the show.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_2892/2126747660.jpg)
SF Chronicle Travel Reporter Greg Thomas uses the basement archive as his podcasting studio! After Kim Chambers and Alex Honnold, I was the 3rd guest on the show.
![New Boat Design Mocked-Up.
We built this in negative space, so I could get a feel for the interior space and check deck ergonomics by rowing the parking lot!](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_3126/4270220505.jpg)
New Boat Design Mocked-Up.
We built this in negative space, so I could get a feel for the interior space and check deck ergonomics by rowing the parking lot!
![The Paradise Fire.
Apocalyptic scenes and smoke that burned the back of my nose. I've never experienced anything like it.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_3180/1918341719.jpg)
The Paradise Fire.
Apocalyptic scenes and smoke that burned the back of my nose. I've never experienced anything like it.
![New Chapter: LA
Thank you to Rick Leach for helping me trailer my boat down to Marina del Rey - new rowing stomping ground.](https://rowliarow.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/01/IMG_3336/793641348.jpg)
New Chapter: LA
Thank you to Rick Leach for helping me trailer my boat down to Marina del Rey - new rowing stomping ground.