>> i did. >> reporter: at sea, by day 25, patrick fleming, the novice on the crew, was having secondwhole expedition. >> this is a lot more difficult for me than i thought it was going to be, a lot different than any other adventures that i've choosen to partake in. and it's very draining and, you know, more often than not i find myself wishing i was back on dry land. >> reporter: but the spotty e-mail and satellite phone service communication was difficult. but back on land, patrick's mother diana was having a textbook episode of mother's intuition. >> and i think that he was having second thoughts about it in a very big way. >> reporter: and then on day 29, another oar broke. >> we just got nailed by another big wave and broke another oar. >> reporter: they now had no backups. if any more oars broke they'd have to give up on making miami and aim for the nearest land and that would be very difficult with just three oars. >> three days in any direction to land. >> reporter: the constant anxiety might have been getting to the crew. >> i also had a dream -- this is a tough one -- that