Support the Mission • Blue Rim 5™ • Rim Run™

The Mission Operates. Your Support Expands It.

This is a working expedition built to continue year after year. Support does not determine whether it exists — only how far the science, documentation, regional collaboration, and citizen scientist network can go.

7Countries on Circuit
100+Reef Sites Per Year
20+Year Commitment
0Carbon Emissions
Why Support Matters

Built to Continue. Designed to Grow.

The Rim Run™ and Blue Rim 5™ observation model are built around continuity. The baseline mission is designed to stay active using a disciplined, repeatable operating model funded at the core by Catamaran Dan himself.

Support, sponsorship, and direct contributions make it possible to expand the mission in practical ways: more reef sites, stronger documentation, better instrumentation, improved data quality, wider outreach, stronger collaboration with scientists and institutions, and reduced participation barriers for qualified citizen scientists.

Operating Principle

“This mission is designed to operate continuously. Support does not determine whether it exists — only how far it can go.”

Support Paths

Choose Where Your Support Has Impact.

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Fund the Science

Support expanded reef observation, improved field logging, environmental measurement tools, imagery capture, and broader scientific usefulness of the annual record.

  • Observation equipment
  • Environmental measurement tools
  • Data collection expansion
  • Scientific collaboration support
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Support the Expedition

Help sustain operational continuity and strengthen the long-term field presence required to keep returning to the same reef systems year after year.

  • Extended field time
  • Mission logistics
  • Operational resilience
  • Long-term deployment strength
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Citizen Scientist Access

Support helps reduce participation barriers for qualified citizen scientists contributing to reef observation and data collection across the Rim Run™ circuit.

  • Partial participation cost offset
  • Training and onboarding support
  • Standardized field methodology alignment
  • Expanded geographic coverage through local contributors
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Media & Sponsorship

Align your organization, brand, or platform with a real-world expedition built on discipline, continuity, conservation, and a multi-year mission across the western Caribbean.

  • Brand alignment
  • Storytelling partnership
  • Documentary collaboration
  • Long-term expedition visibility
Funding Structure

Three Layers. One Mission.

Layer 1

Baseline Mission

The expedition and its core continuity are personally funded and operated by Catamaran Dan. The mission remains active whether outside support is present or not.

Layer 2

Supported Expansion

Community support, individual backers, and small sponsors expand site count, data depth, documentation quality, citizen scientist access, and mission reach.

Layer 3

Institutional Partnership

Universities, NGOs, foundations, and strategic sponsors enable advanced testing, stronger science integration, better participant support, and larger-scale collaboration.

What Support Enables

Real Outcomes. Not Abstractions.

  • More frequent reef observations across the annual circuit
  • Additional environmental measurement capability
  • Better underwater photo and video documentation
  • Improved data logging and record consistency
  • Stronger scientific collaboration and handoff value
  • Expanded outreach across the seven-country monitoring arc
  • Reduced participation barriers for qualified citizen scientists
  • Longer mission endurance and continuity
Anchor down — mission support matters

Support expands the mission in the water where it matters

Financial Transparency

Personally Funded at the Core. Expanded by Support.

Financial Transparency

The core expedition is personally funded and operated by Catamaran Dan. Basic vessel operation, travel, and baseline mission continuity do not depend on outside funding.

Financial support is directed toward expanding the mission:

  • Field equipment and observation tools
  • Expanded data collection and documentation
  • Additional reef site coverage
  • Scientific collaboration and testing capability
  • Reducing participation barriers for qualified citizen scientists

A portion of support may also be used to ease the material and participation costs associated with qualified citizen scientists contributing directly to the observation network.

Contributions increase what the mission can do — not whether it continues.

Direct Support

Support the Mission Directly.

Individual support matters. If you want to help expand the science, strengthen the expedition, improve citizen scientist participation, or discuss a sponsorship or collaboration path, reach out directly.

Science Support

For supporters who want their contribution directed toward reef observation, documentation, and expanded testing capability.

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Citizen Scientist Support

For supporters who want to reduce material and participation barriers for qualified citizen scientists contributing to the observation network.

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Expedition Support

For supporters who want to help sustain the mission platform, yearly continuity, and long-term field presence on the circuit.

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Sponsorship / Partnership

For brands, media teams, nonprofits, universities, and organizations interested in a more structured relationship with the mission.

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Get In Touch

The Reefs Are Changing. The Mission Continues.

Whether you want to fund the science, strengthen the expedition, support qualified citizen scientist participation, or discuss sponsorship, this mission is open for serious support.

NevadoRaiders@gmail.com