{"id":1242,"date":"2013-05-17T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2013-05-17T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T12:40:00","slug":"row-the-south-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1242","title":{"rendered":"Row the South Shore"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

\nThe <\/span>\u2018R<\/span>ow <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>S<\/span>out<\/span>h <\/span>S<\/span>hore\u2019 <\/span>proj<\/span>e<\/span>ct <\/span>i<\/span>nvol<\/span>ves <\/span>buil<\/span>di<\/span>ng <\/span>and <\/span>rowi<\/span>n<\/span>g <\/span>a <\/span>t<\/span>r<\/span>aditi<\/span>onal <\/span>dor<\/span>y <\/span>o<\/span>ver<\/p>\n

\n150 <\/span>nauti<\/span>cal <\/span>mil<\/span>es <\/span>from <\/span>Hali<\/span>fax t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>L<\/span>ah<\/span>ave <\/span>R<\/span>i<\/span>ver <\/span>and <\/span>ba<\/span>ck. The Project was concieved and is being executed by Peter L’Esperance. <\/span><\/span>The <\/span>boat <\/span>i<\/span>s <\/span>curr<\/span>ent<\/span>l<\/span>y <\/span>und<\/span>er <\/span>const<\/span>ructi<\/span>on <\/span>at <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>M<\/span>a<\/span>ritim<\/span>e <\/span>M<\/span>useum <\/span>of <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Atl<\/span>anti<\/span>c <\/span>and <\/span>wil<\/span>l <\/span>be <\/span>l<\/span>aunched<\/span>J<\/span>ul<\/span>y <\/span>1st<\/sup> <\/span>, <\/span>201<\/span>3. <\/span>The <\/span>rowi<\/span>n<\/span>g <\/span>passa<\/span>ge <\/span>w<\/span>il<\/span>l <\/span>t<\/span>ake <\/span>pl<\/span>ace <\/span>bet<\/span>w<\/span>een <\/span>Au<\/span>g<\/span>ust <\/span>1st<\/sup> <\/span>and 17th<\/sup> , <\/span>2013.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a>The <\/span>pri<\/span>nci<\/span>pl<\/span>e <\/span>ai<\/span>m of <\/span>t<\/span>hi<\/span>s <\/span>proj<\/span>ect <\/span>i<\/span>s <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>prom<\/span>ot<\/span>e <\/span>and <\/span>facilit<\/span>at<\/span>e <\/span>conse<\/span>rvati<\/span>on <\/span>i<\/span>n <\/span>Nova <\/span>S<\/span>coti<\/span>a. <\/span>Howeve<\/span>r, a <\/span>se<\/span>condar<\/span>y <\/span>ai<\/span>m i<\/span>s <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>provi<\/span>de <\/span>busi<\/span>nesses <\/span>and <\/span>i<\/span>ndi<\/span>vi<\/span>dual<\/span>s <\/span>wit<\/span>h <\/span>an <\/span>opport<\/span>uni<\/span>t<\/span>y <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>offset t<\/span>he <\/span>ne<\/span>gati<\/span>ve <\/span>envi<\/span>ro<\/span>nm<\/span>ent<\/span>al <\/span>im<\/span>pact<\/span>s <\/span>associ<\/span>at<\/span>ed <\/span>wit<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>hei<\/span>r <\/span>acti<\/span>viti<\/span>es.  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nP<\/span>ri<\/span>or <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>de<\/span>part<\/span>ure<\/span>, <\/span>Peter <\/span>wil<\/span>l <\/span>seek sponsors and <\/span>don<\/span>at<\/span>e <\/span>an<\/span>y <\/span>funds <\/span>rai<\/span>sed <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Nova <\/span>S<\/span>coti<\/span>a <\/span>Nat<\/span>ur<\/span>e <\/span>Trus<\/span>t<\/span>, <\/span>an <\/span>organi<\/span>z<\/span>ati<\/span>on whi<\/span>ch <\/span>work<\/span>s <\/span>on <\/span>a variety of<\/span> <\/span>front<\/span>s <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>preserv<\/span>e <\/span>ar<\/span>eas <\/span>of <\/span>st<\/span>r<\/span>at<\/span>e<\/span>g<\/span>i<\/span>c <\/span>ecol<\/span>o<\/span>g<\/span>i<\/span>c<\/span>al <\/span>im<\/span>port<\/span>ance <\/span>a<\/span>cross <\/span>Nova <\/span>S<\/span>coti<\/span>a. F<\/span>oll<\/span>owi<\/span>ng <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>co<\/span>m<\/span>pl<\/span>eti<\/span>on <\/span>of <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>t<\/span>ri<\/span>p, <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>newl<\/span>y <\/span>const<\/span>ruct<\/span>ed dor<\/span>y<\/span> wil<\/span>l <\/span>be <\/span>sold <\/span>an<\/span>d <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>p<\/span>rocee<\/span>ds <\/span>donat<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Nat<\/span>ur<\/span>e Trust<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/span> <\/div>\n

\nThe Vesssel itself is A Swampscot Dory. You can find out more about the project on the Row the South Shore Facebook Page.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u2018Row the South Shore\u2019 project involves building and rowing a traditional dory over 150 nautical miles from Halifax to the Lahave River and back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-building","category-ns-mma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}