VOYAGE OF THE SUPERNOVA

navigating the high seas

 

 

 

 

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

MEET THE CREW

 MEET THE BOAT

EQUIPMENT/PACKING LIST

EXPENSE LOG

 THE ROUTE

THE CHRONICLES

PHOTO ARCHIVE

FAQ

SCURVY SCOUTS Q&A

 SPECIAL THANKS

LINKS

 

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MEET THE CREW

 

Simon Graves (Miami to Panama)

 

Born:  April 19, 1976

Patuxent River, Maryland, USA

Citizenship:  USA

Height:  5'8"

Weight (before departure):  165

 

Simon left his job as a mechanical engineer to pursue better environments than that of his cubicle and Conference Room 2.  He has passions for music, food, the outdoors, and travel.  Whenever possible he likes to combine all four.  This trip is his first to this particular slice of the Earth.

 

Simon has a weakness for ice cream, especially a brand in the USA called Ben and Jerry's.  The boat has no capability to maintain a cargo of ice cream.

 

His personal website can be found at www.ladytrap.org.

 


 

Jim Cleaves (Miami to Yucatan)

 

Born: May 12, 1970

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Citizenship:  USA

Height:  6' 0"

Weight (before departure): 175

 

Prior to this trip, Jim was a research scientist at UCSD.  He is a chemist, in the American sense of the term, and focuses on the origins of life.  His laboratory resembles that of a stereotypical mad scientist, full of test tubes and beakers and steaming puddles of primordial gunk.

 

Jim is no stranger to fly-by-night adventure.  He has lived in Honduras, taught English in Japan, gathered mushrooms for weeks on end in Alaska, and eaten live mammals in prison.

 

Jim speaks Spanish fluently.

 


 

Pat Switzer (Yucatan to Panama)

 

Born: April 25, 1976

Oakland, California, USA

Citizenship:  USA

Height:  5' 10"

Weight (before departure): 175

 

 

Pat recently quit his job as Chief Correspondent to the Unified Nation of Marine Mammals, citing "spend more time with family" as his primary motivation.  Few know that in the succeeding weeks Pat was spotted on five continents and three planets, purportedly in search of his car keys.

 

Pat and Simon met in 1994 over a card game and since then have caused more mayhem than this website is willing to divulge.

 

Pat has an affinity for infinity.