Charles Brigham was 28 when he straddled his bike to embark on an ecological tour of the world but could be 33 by the time he returns home to Madison, in Wisconsin.
“I love bikes and wanted to travel,” he told AFP during a Paris stopover. “I don’t think it’s natural to fly in a plane or even travel by car. People weren’t meant to travel so quickly.”
So Brigham, who studied electrical and computer engineering but hates technology and wound up working in a bike shop, set off in September 2007 with a good bike, 3,000 dollars, a pair of trousers and 30 kilos (66 pounds) of camping, cooking and first aid gear.
“I packed a bunch of stuff, threw a party and rode out of town.”…Â Details
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Rob Robertson recently motored his classic 1939 wooden cruiser up to a dock on Charleston’s wind-swept Cooper River and donated the $145,000 vessel to the South Carolina Maritime Foundation.
It’s the third vessel that the foundation that operates the tall ship Spirit of South Carolina has accepted in recent months, and four more donations are pending. And that success bucks the usual trend of boat donations tapering off in a sluggish economy.
Robertson’s boat, The Frolic, which would cost $748,000 if built today, will help the foundation’s mission of providing education programs on the water for students.
“We had to come up with creative ways to generate cash,” in a tight economy,… Details
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While on water Australian sailors Simon McKeon and Tim Daddo have just broken the speed barrier of 50 knots in their sailing boat Macquarie Innovation, a British engineer has become the fastest human on earth powered by the wind alone, in a land sailing boat.
Richard Jenkins clocked 109.57 knots in his Ecotricity ‘Greenbird’ powered only by 25 knot winds. He eclipsed the previous record of 100.8 knots, set by American Bob Schumacher ten years ago… Details
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Top US sailing journalist and photographer, Rich Roberts presents some great images from the fourth day of the Congressional Cup being sailed at Long Beach. See them at … DetailsÂ