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 — and the founding platform for two permanent programs that will outlast it. Support does not determine whether the mission exists — only how far the science, documentation, regional alliance, and the next generation of reef scientists can go.

7Countries on Circuit
7Nations — CCRA Alliance
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.

Beyond the expedition itself, support also fuels two permanent programs — the Caribbean Coastal Reef Alliance and The Reef Keepers — that will operate long after any single circuit is complete.

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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Support the CCRA

Fund the Caribbean Coastal Reef Alliance — the seven-nation cross-border consortium coordinating reef monitoring across the full Western Caribbean arc. Support helps establish trained observers, shared data infrastructure, and rotating national leadership in each member country.

  • In-country observer training
  • Shared data system development
  • Government liaison coordination
  • Regional scientific visibility
Learn About the CCRA →
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Support the Reef Keepers

Fund The Reef Keepers youth program — introducing children of all school ages to oceanography, reef ecology, and coastal science across all seven CCRA member countries. Support brings the program into schools and onto reefs where it would not otherwise reach.

  • Classroom curriculum delivery
  • Field experience access
  • Reef Keepers certification materials
  • Teacher and educator training
Learn About the Reef Keepers →
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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, CCRA operations, and Reef Keepers program reach.

Layer 3

Institutional Partnership

Universities, NGOs, foundations, and strategic sponsors enable advanced testing, stronger science integration, CCRA infrastructure development, Reef Keepers national rollout, 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
  • CCRA observer training in all seven member countries
  • Reef Keepers curriculum delivered in more schools
  • Reef Keepers field sessions on more reef systems
  • 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
  • CCRA observer training and coordination across seven countries
  • Reef Keepers curriculum development and field program delivery
  • Reducing participation barriers for qualified citizen scientists

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, support the CCRA, bring the Reef Keepers program to more children, 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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CCRA Support

For supporters who want their contribution directed toward building the Caribbean Coastal Reef Alliance — observer training, shared data infrastructure, and seven-nation coordination.

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Reef Keepers Support

For supporters who want their contribution directed toward the youth reef science program — classroom curriculum, field experiences, and Reef Keepers certification in seven countries.

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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 the CCRA or the Reef Keepers, or discuss sponsorship — this mission is open for serious support.

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