The Rim Run™ Expedition • Launching October 2026

A multi-year expedition consisting of the most amazing snorkeling, conventional air & nitrox diving, reef observation, and cultural immersion - all done with the "Shamrocket" - a Hobie Getaway catamaran.

As go the seas… So goes humanity.

Rim Run Sailing and Reef Observation Expedition

Independent, field-based data collection supporting institutional reef research.

Blue Rim 5™ — Rim Run globe logo

A 10-year coastal sailing and reef/river systems exploration and monitoring expedition — structured reef observation by day, extraordinary living by night, and a story for the ages being written one memorable day at a time. Wind and solar only. Zero carbon. Zero compromise.

From the Mesoamerican Reef off Mexico, along the coral-rich coasts of Colombia and Venezuela, down to the South Atlantic Mesophotic Reef System along Brazil, then back north through the vibrant reefs of the Lesser Antilles and across the Bahamas Banks to the Bahamas, this continuous 10-year coastal sailing journey spans 40 countries and 1000s of islands, blending reef exploration, world-class snorkeling, natural air and nitrox diving, and adrenaline-filled encounters like "running with the bull sharks" into one unforgettable ocean-wide adventure.
Caribbean reef — Lighthouse Reef, Belize Rim Run — coastal sailing Glover's Reef, Belize
700+Reef Sites over 5 years
25Countries/Islands — Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, and the Bahamas.
1,350+Days at Anchor
11,500Nautical Miles
0Carbon Emissions
Command & Crew

Catamaran Dan — Ove Ironhand
Nevado Raiders™

Led by Daniel Roe — U.S. Coast Guard–licensed 200-Ton Master Captain, ASA sailing instructor, former U.S. Navy submariner, FAA-licensed drone pilot, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and expedition sailor who has been doing hard things on the water since before most sailing influencers were born.

One credential doesn't fit on a tag but shapes everything: qualifying in submarines in the U.S. Navy's nuclear program. When a submarine is submerged, it is a sealed world. No signal. No backup. No helpdesk. Every qualified watchstander owns their domain completely — because there is no one else coming. You solve every problem, at any location, with what you know and who you are. That discipline never leaves you. It is exactly how this expedition is designed and run.

Modern Y-DNA work traces his paternal line through the I1 haplogroup to Thorvald Asvaldsson, Erik the Red, and Leif Erikson. He sails as Ove Ironhand. This combination shapes everything: calm decision-making, conservative risk management, genuine curiosity about the people and cultures of every coastline — and preparation over bravado. The life is extraordinary because the standards are real.

The sailing identity and the mission are carried under the flag of the Nevado Raiders™ — a name that has been in active circulation for more than three years, applied to every vessel, every circuit, and every field operation that carries this standard. Named for Nevado Ranch Camp in the White Mountains of Arizona, the Nevado Raiders™ are the disciplined sailors, scientists, and expedition hands who understand that genuine respect for these coastlines and the people who live on them is the only operating standard that matters. Not visitors. Not tourists. Raiders — people who show up, do the work, and leave every anchorage better than they found it.

USCG 200-Ton Master USN Submariner Qualified in Submarines ASA Instructor FAA Drone Pilot LSS Black Belt PADI Adv. OW Blue Nose Shellback MBA · GWU MS Health Informatics Nevado Raiders™
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Daniel Roe — Catamaran Dan

Daniel Roe — Catamaran Dan

Ove Ironhand — Norse sailing identity

Ove Ironhand

Nevado Raiders™ — Expedition flag and identity

Nevado Raiders™ — Est. 3 Years

The Expedition

One Loop. Every Year.

Anchor down — the Rim Run way

Anchor down — the Rim Run way

Rim Run — coastal sailing and reef exploration

The Coastline Circuit — From the Mesoamerican Reef, the route slips south along low-lying tropical coasts and scattered cays past Belize and Honduras, then hugs jungle-lined shores through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama into the reef-dotted waters of Colombia and Venezuela. Continuing east and south, the coastline opens into wide river-fed margins before reaching the sprawling South Atlantic Reef System along Brazil. Turning north, the journey becomes true island-hopping—leaping from reef-fringed outposts through the arc of the Lesser Antilles, then across the larger, mountainous islands of the Greater Antilles, and finally onto the shallow turquoise banks and endless cays of the Bahamas.

Cultural exchange ashore

Life Ashore — Cultural Exchange

The Route

40 Countries • Thousands of Islands • A sailing expedition never before attempted.

From Yucatán Peninsula to Brazil and back through the Caribbean to the Bahamas — ~11,500 nautical miles, multiple reef systems, 40 countries and thousands of islands in one multi-year route. The same route, stretched across five years and refined with every season. No leg is hurried, and no place is passed without respect for the people, the governments, and the coastlines that define each shore.

CountryKey StopsDaysWhy It Matters
🇲🇽 MexicoPuerto Aventuras · Cozumel · Xcalak · Banco Chinchorro~30Northern hub — REEF coordination & staging
🇧🇿 BelizeAmbergris · Turneffe · Lighthouse Reef · Blue Hole · Glover's · South Water · Placencia~117World's 2nd largest barrier reef — home waters & citizen science base
🇬🇹 GuatemalaLivingston · Río Dulce · Lake Izabal~35Most stunning inland waterway in the Americas
🇭🇳 HondurasCayos Cochinos · Utila · Roatán · Guanaja~80Bay Islands — whale sharks & 100+ ft visibility
🇳🇮 NicaraguaBig Corn Island · Little Corn Island · Pearl Cays~29Priority Year 1 — essentially unsurveyed
🇨🇷 Costa RicaTortuguero · Cahuita NP · Puerto Viejo~35Southern Caribbean transition zone — reef, river, jungle, and protected coastline
🇵🇦 PanamaBocas del Toro · Escudo de Veraguas · Guna Yala / San Blas~70Southern hub — long-duration anchorage, biodiversity, and expedition reset point
Operating Principle
The route is a publicity tour and a repeatable marine field platform, designed to generate trust, continuity, and meaningful reef records over many years; publicity is not just welcome but part of the mission. No leg hurried, and no place approached without respect for the people, governments, and coastlines that define each shore.
Two Permanent Programs

The Expedition is the Platform. The Legacy is Bigger.

Rim Run 5™ is not just an expedition. It is the field platform for the greatest coastal sailing and reef observation expedition ever attempted.

Citizen science and reef observation Regional Science Network

Citizen Science — CCRA

The Caribbean Coastal Reef Alliance (CCRA) is the long-term citizen science framework connecting reef observers, partner institutions, and aligned coastal stakeholders across the seven Western Caribbean countries.

The Living Saga visual archive Documenting the Human Story

The Living Saga™ — The Archive

The Living Saga™ is the documentary and media arm of the expedition — the reefs, the coastlines, the people, the boats, the weather, the culture, and the reality of living this life year after year. It exists so the world can see what is being protected, what is changing, and what still remains worth fighting for.

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Rim Run 5™ — First Chapters

The Global Sailing Expedition. Beginning in the Caribbean.

The Rim Run™ is the first operating chapter of Blue Rim 5™ — the larger global sailing expedition model that will eventually extend far beyond the western Caribbean. The first years are about proving the platform, establishing credibility, building a regional science network, and generating a repeatable field record where it matters most.

That means the early work is intensely local in method and global in significance: small boats, disciplined observation, reef systems under pressure, and a public-facing record grounded in real-world continuity rather than abstraction.

Blue Rim 5™ first chapters map

Blue Rim 5™ — First Chapters

Shamrocket expedition boat

Shamrocket — Expedition Platform

Life at Anchor

This is not Escape. It is the Point.

The reef work matters. The science matters. But the life built around it matters too. The evenings at anchor, the food, the weather, the stories, the people, the rituals, the silence, the music — this is not some decorative side element to the mission. It is the other half of it.

What the Mint Julep is to horse racing, Bourbon Storm™ is to the yachting community. Born on a blue-sky equatorial Pacific day in 1984 that turned dark, wet, and alive — then cleared just as fast. The recipe remained private for forty-one years. It belongs to the water and to the evenings the water gives you when you've earned them.

Glass & Rim

Heavy straight-sided rocks glass with a blue rim band. Rim mix: 2 parts coarse sea salt, 1 part sugar. Wet the outside rim with fresh lime and dip. Fill with fresh ice.

Equatorial Blue Base

1½ oz white rum • ¾ oz blue curaçao • 1 oz pineapple juice • ½ oz fresh lime juice • 1 oz coconut water • 1–2 dashes ginger or aromatic bitters. Shake hard ~10 seconds. Strain over fresh ice.

The Dark Storm Cloud

Float ½–¾ oz dark rum over the back of a bar spoon. Blue below. Dark above. Salt and sky at the rim. Do not stir.

Bourbon Storm™ Variation

Same blue base. Float ½–¾ oz bourbon instead of dark rum. The bourbon is the star — the first nose, first sip, and finish live in that top layer.

Rim Runner™ Zero

Pineapple juice, coconut water, orange juice, lime, blue curaçao syrup (NA). Float iced tea or cola as the storm band. Same glass. Same rim. Same protocol.

First drink: Face the horizon — "Better Beachy than Bitchy™"
Second: "Better beachy than busted."  |  Empty glass: one tap. "Anchor down."
Rim Runner™ — ritual cocktail

The Rim Runner™

Rim Lightning 1984 — the storm that started it all

Rim Lightning — 1984 · The origin

Better Beachy than Bitchy™

Blue Rim 5™ • Catamaran Dan • Nevado Raiders™

Get Involved

This is a Working Expedition. Choose Your Role.

The mission moves whether or not it is supported. But the right support — from the right people and institutions — determines how far it reaches, how many reefs get documented, how many coastal communities benefit, and how much of this story the world gets to hear.

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Support Reef Data Collection

Support expanded reef observation, improved data collection, and the environmental measurement capability that makes this data worth having for institutions and conservation organizations worldwide.

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Become part of the Nevado Raiders™ — disciplined sailors on real boats who understand that genuine respect for these coastlines and the people who live on them is the only operating standard that matters. The name has been flying for three years. It means something.

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Track the expedition, the reef record, the imagery, and the broader Blue Rim 5™ global sailing story as it grows from Caribbean fieldwork into a larger long-range adventure.

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