non-stop circumnavigation

[co256]

I have only just stumbled into this....

http://www.alessandrodibenedetto.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1&lang=en

thought I'd share it with all of you,

Guy.

 

[lenseman]

He's been at it a long time but what you possibly are unaware of is the fact that his mast snapped in the middle of the southern ocean (Pacific) on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 08:59 pm. He is the master of understatement!

From 11 March, it took him until 10 April to jury rig a pole and stays and fabricate some sort of sails and rounded Cape Horn and has sailed all the rest of the journey under jury rig!

 

[co256]

Position

2010/07/15 04:01:00 lat. 44° 58' 55"N long. 14° 36' 58"W

speed 5.2 knots wind SW 25-30 knots wave NW 3-4 m

560 miles to Les Sables d'Olonne

 

[co256]

Alessandro Di Benedetto - Round the World

Alessandro's arrival scheduled for Thursday 22 of July at 7.30



Position

2010/07/21 10:00:00 lat. 46° 30' 50"N long. 3° 01' 34"W

speed 5.1 knots wind WSW 10-15 knots wave WNW 2-3 m

50 miles to Les Sables d'Olonne

 

[co256]

Alessandro has arrived in Les Sables d'Olonne.

Let's hope we get a full story out of YBW on his acheivement!

Surely he deserves it?!