To: Travis McGee
Just happened to watch *Racing Around the World Alone* last night on Amazon Prime. The story of the 2008/2009 Vendée Globe race.
I was astounded at what is now possible (22 knots in a 60' canting keel sailboat). These guys and gals circumnavigate the globe, alone, in 90 days!
http://www.racingaroundtheworldalone.com/about
8 posted on
07/05/2013 8:43:56 PM PDT by
Errant
To: Errant
Yep, way out of my league. My boat can just about make 130 miles on a good day, but it’s a Cadillac ride.
10 posted on
07/05/2013 8:58:32 PM PDT by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Errant
I singlehanded a 38 ft Hans Christian sloop from Oxnard Ca @ Channel Islands Harbor to Hawaii and back in 1982. Took 17 days to get there and 25 days to get back
23 posted on
07/05/2013 11:06:41 PM PDT by
advertising guy
(golf in june in Phoenix ? it's so dry, our gators use Gold Bond)
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