Earthrace has lousy stop in Puerto Rico

Posted By on May 7, 2008

Pete BethuneThe Earthrace crew is almost to the Panama as of the evening of May 7th (MAP) after a bad fuel stop in Puerto Rico. The ship carrying the biodiesel fuel for Earthrace had mechanical problems and was able to make it to port. The talented groundcrew scrambled to find a new source of biodiesel on Puerto Rico, unfortunately the best they could do was to find a company to make some fresh biodiesel. The process took time and kept them in port for 30 hours (28 more than planned). The “crew are all just flat and disappointed” after this stop and Captain Pete Bethune continued to express concern in his latest radio report about a Panama Canal strike which could slow their transit through the Central American canal. Stay tuned.

Comments

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    Pete’s radio blogs are great, aren’t they? we were able to get sat-emails from dad, although it’s dark and hard to type on rough seas. they got charged for each character typed last year. Must have struck a great deal this year.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    Pete’s radio blogs are great, aren’t they? we were able to get sat-emails from dad, although it’s dark and hard to type on rough seas. they got charged for each character typed last year. Must have struck a great deal this year.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    Pete’s radio blogs are great, aren’t they? we were able to get sat-emails from dad, although it’s dark and hard to type on rough seas. they got charged for each character typed last year. Must have struck a great deal this year.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    Pete’s radio blogs are great, aren’t they? we were able to get sat-emails from dad, although it’s dark and hard to type on rough seas. they got charged for each character typed last year. Must have struck a great deal this year.

  • http://www.myarchive.us RichC

    Sat phones are expensive, not much way around it. I’d like to see them use better noise suppression in their headset, but its great to get the voice report. Typing can’t be easy. (is your dad following the progress?)

  • http://www.myarchive.us RichC

    Sat phones are expensive, not much way around it. I’d like to see them use better noise suppression in their headset, but its great to get the voice report. Typing can’t be easy. (is your dad following the progress?)

  • http://www.myarchive.us RichC

    Sat phones are expensive, not much way around it. I’d like to see them use better noise suppression in their headset, but its great to get the voice report. Typing can’t be easy. (is your dad following the progress?)

  • http://www.myarchive.us RichC

    Sat phones are expensive, not much way around it. I’d like to see them use better noise suppression in their headset, but its great to get the voice report. Typing can’t be easy. (is your dad following the progress?)

  • http://www.myarchive.us RichC

    Sat phones are expensive, not much way around it. I’d like to see them use better noise suppression in their headset, but its great to get the voice report. Typing can’t be easy. (is your dad following the progress?)

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    oh yeah. we email back and forth all day. he met pete way back when at a NBB meeting in D.C. and was the first to broker a leg sponsor. his heart’s been in it from then. really brought back his naval days.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    oh yeah. we email back and forth all day. he met pete way back when at a NBB meeting in D.C. and was the first to broker a leg sponsor. his heart’s been in it from then. really brought back his naval days.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    oh yeah. we email back and forth all day. he met pete way back when at a NBB meeting in D.C. and was the first to broker a leg sponsor. his heart’s been in it from then. really brought back his naval days.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    oh yeah. we email back and forth all day. he met pete way back when at a NBB meeting in D.C. and was the first to broker a leg sponsor. his heart’s been in it from then. really brought back his naval days.

  • http://flickr.com/photos/the5kgarden/sets/72157602289557486/ p kraus

    oh yeah. we email back and forth all day. he met pete way back when at a NBB meeting in D.C. and was the first to broker a leg sponsor. his heart’s been in it from then. really brought back his naval days.

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.