Round the world in a beach cat :)

[simonfraser]

http://www.redbull.com/en/adventure...-sailing-around-the-world-solo-in-a-catamaran

 

[Ric]

Positively luxurious compared to Alessandro de Benedetto's HobieCat in which he crossed Atlantic and Pacific.

 

[[70521]]

I would want a wee bit more comfort,

 

[soapbox440]

Don't know why the headlines say he sailed around the world when he is stuck in Sri Lanka?

 

[Sybarite]

Positively luxurious compared to Alessandro de Benedetto's HobieCat in which he crossed Atlantic and Pacific.

His brother, Laurent, has already crossed the Atlantic on a Hobie cat 18'.

Not bad for the Swiss....

 

[BrianH]

His brother, Laurent, has already crossed the Atlantic on a Hobie cat 18'.

Not bad for the Swiss....

Oi, they've won the America's Cup more times than GB.

 

[aslabend]

Positively luxurious compared to Alessandro de Benedetto's HobieCat in which he crossed Atlantic and Pacific.

and web chiles in his drascombe
http://www.inthepresentsea.com/the_actual_site/books.html

 

[vyv_cox]

First transatlantic beach cat, Hobie 18, report here http://sail.ie/misc/cats_atlantic.htm#Tony Laurent and Daniel Prada I knew Tony Laurent at the time, he was a very tough guy but he told me they both feared they would die at their lowest point.

 

[Sybarite]

and web chiles in his drascombe
http://www.inthepresentsea.com/the_actual_site/books.html

He once spent 26 hours swimming when his boat suddeny sank beneath him.

 

[FistralG]

Nuts...

...modified it two days before the start, because in the first test I couldn't get it upright. But I hadn't tested it again.