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Searush
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Nobody mentioned Webb Chilles circumnav (almost) in his open Drascombe, Chideock Tichbourne (sp?) yet?
7htas
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Tom Mcnally has been having some health problems; which has delayed his latest attempt. Big C; his wonderfully small craft, is, as far as I'm aware ready to go though. If I find any more info, I'll come back.
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If talking of small boats crossing oceans David Blagden and his Hunter 19 ' Willing Griffin ' deserve a mention, smallest boat to ever compete in the OSTAR - 1972 - recounted in his book ' Very Willing Griffin ' - good luck finding a copy though, they are usually snapped up by Hunter owners !
The Hunter 19 is a very slippery design but tiny below even before the transatlantic modifications, and Mr Blagden was a big bloke, well over 6' tall.
Willing Griffin is still going strong, sadly David Blagden is looking on from a cloud now due to a later incident with a much larger boat.
The Hunter 19 is a very slippery design but tiny below even before the transatlantic modifications, and Mr Blagden was a big bloke, well over 6' tall.
Willing Griffin is still going strong, sadly David Blagden is looking on from a cloud now due to a later incident with a much larger boat.
Pye_End
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I am sorry to hear this - his exploits have always been interesting to read about, and I hope that he will be well enough to be able to make this trip sometime soon.
KellysEye
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Everyone is talking about boats smaller than 27 feet crossing the Atlantic, does anybody know of a boat smaller than 27 feet that has circumnavigated and around Cape Horn covering 27,077 NM non stop.
sideshowbob
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This guy did it in a minitransat at 21.5 ft and jury rigged his mast off cape horn
www.alessandrodibenedetto.net
2nd_apprentice
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Eugeniy Gvozdev did it in 12" link
as did Serge Testa aboard Acrohc Australis a decade earlier.
Edit: on second thought though neither of them did a non-stop trip round the capes.
as did Serge Testa aboard Acrohc Australis a decade earlier.
Edit: on second thought though neither of them did a non-stop trip round the capes.
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Pye_End
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Sybarite
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The Berque brothers have made some enterprising crossings in small boats they built themselves, including a crossing with no instruments, charts, compass, log, watches, books - nothing.
http://www.sansboussole.com/
http://www.sansboussole.com/
sailorman
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That makes "Shrimpy" look like the QE2We met him in Barbados!
He was suffering from boils on his *rse.
Just goes to show you can cross in anything!
KellysEye
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>This guy did it in a minitransat at 21.5 ft and jury rigged his mast off cape horn www.alessandrodibenedetto.net
Thanks for that, dismasted too, amazing.
Thanks for that, dismasted too, amazing.
theguerns
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Well folks I am supprised at all the negative on a small yacht. I have many friends that are sailing all over the world in yachts from 20ft to 29ft and all solo. As an ex marine I decided to have a little quiet time so in 1977 I bought a Westerley Sirrus 23ft and di a cool 31,000 Nm solo no wind vane no motor no problems and a great experience. Of course the yacht was preapired and I knew what I was doing as I have been sailing since I was 5 years old and learnt in the channel islands. What I am saying is today there is too much of the old HEALTH & SAFETY there are no guarantees in life and you only get one chance so make the most of it
oldvarnish
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That is fantastic! All congratulations to you.
CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
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Well said; and lets no forget the ancient mariners , Greeks, Phoenicians and others, who were sailing everywhere using comparatively small open boats and always managed to find their way back home, no charts, no instruments, no magnetic compass either.
Boathook
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Read Sopranino by Patrick Ellam and Colin Mudie. 2 people on a 19' 8" boat crossing the Atlantic in 1951. They raced to spain before that in her as well. I believe that they were the founders of JOG and 20' was a normal size to race in (according to my Dad who was involved in the early days) with races to St Malo. Me - I don't like racing !
Giblets
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No mention so far of John Adams who crossed the Atlantic in his Leisure 17 in 1967 within 32 days. 
woozy-UK
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wow amazing journeys.
I used to have a 19ft seawych and wouldnt want to have gone across the channel in it. but reading this now i have an Intro 22, I would love to venture further in it. (if i had the skills and knowledge to)
I believe the Intro 22's were designed for ocean going in mind
I used to have a 19ft seawych and wouldnt want to have gone across the channel in it. but reading this now i have an Intro 22, I would love to venture further in it. (if i had the skills and knowledge to)
I believe the Intro 22's were designed for ocean going in mind
charles_reed
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Good point - non-stop round the world. Not across the Atlantic duckpond. Anyone who's been in Southern Ocean swells will appreciate that there's nothing like that in the Atlantic.
PS Brits are naturally, notoriously short-sighted
Laurie
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Sopranino......... across the Atlantic, all be it not round Cape Horn. A stunning read none the less....