One More Sleep
Departure scheduled for Sunday, Oct 6th 2019.
Rounding the first and most famous of the 5 great capes expected sometime around the beginning of December 2019.
Rounding of the second great cape expected sometime at the end of December 2019.
The third of the five great capes is expected to be astern sometime near the end of January 2020.
The penultimate cape should be cleared sometime around the first week of February 2020.
The fifth and final rounding of the world's 5 great capes is expected mid-February 2020.
Simply stated, the goal is to sail non-stop, single-handed around the world via the 5 great capes using only a sextant, pen-and-paper, and log tables for navigation. Prior to 2020 only 7 people have accomplished this feat. The first is Sir Robin Knox Johnston in 1969 after completing the first Golden Globe Race. Second is Bernard Moitessiere who also competed in the 1968 Golden Globe Race. Third is Chay Blythe in 1971. Lastly, the 4 finishers of the 2018 Golden Globe Race Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, Mark Slats, Uku Randmaa, and Istvan Kopar.
Although there have been many exceptional solo-circumnavigations by North American sailors, before 2020 no North American has completed a solo-circumnavigation of this sort. I am the first.
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