Dee Caffari has done it, now Steve White is setting out to do it too.
He’s going to sail solo, round the world, non-stop and unassisted, AND the ‘wrong way’, AND break the current record.
The ‘wrong way’? It just means that the world’s wind in the Southern Ocean, where one must venture to round the globe without stopping, are all westerlies, so the logical way to go is to run before the wind, travelling ever to the east. Those who either have masochistic tendencies, are bored with their past circumnavigations or who just have something to prove to themselves, occasionally do it the other way … Details
It may come as a surprise to some, but the inspirational sailing achievements by the likes of British quadriplegic sailor Hilary Lister, blind sailor Aly Gunn or paraplegic Alan Grace are rewarded with little more than column inches in the press. Despite headlines like “sailing into the record books†which featured after my sail around Great Britain in 2007, there is no formal recording of these events other than the ensuing publicity, and most of that is restricted to the marine press. The WSSRC (World Speed Sailing Record Council), official keepers of sailing records, specifically exclude disability as … Details
The 2010 Lüderitz Speed Challenge will be the first event in the history of speed sailing to include the three different sailing disciplines – boat, windsurf and kitesurfing.
Namibia will host it from the 4th to the 31st of October 2010.
Also, the newest addition is a channel of 700m in length … Details