Posted on 04/21/2007 11:50:52 AM PDT by Abathar
a) the boat
The Schooner Anne, which was named for Reid’s mother, was designed by Stowe to be the ultimate long distance & heavy weather vessel. The Anne, hand built by Reid and his family in their backyard in North Carolina in 1978, has been Stowe’s home and expedition platform for over 27 years of exciting voyages.
The Anne has proven her seaworthiness on exciting voyages in the Caribbean, around Cape Horn, in Antarctica , for 100 days out of sight of land in the North Atlantic, the 200 day Odyssey of the Sea Turtle, and on the Voyage of the Argonauts, where she survived a knockdown by a 60-ft. rogue wave. Written and photographic accounts of many of these voyages are available on the website www.1000days.net.
b) the chick
Has lived abourd the boat for a year already as prep for the long voyage.
The boat wesite
http://1000daysatsea.blogspot.com/.
Good luck to them, they seem to have prepared and have good comms in case something does go South.
Wormholes, dontcha know?
In my own ignorant opinion these two people, especially him, aren’t showing enough respect for the most powerful and terrifying element on the earth.
Quit reading things into the article.
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As I indicated, I did not see the concern expressed about the relationship, and I used the word “apparently”. I hardly call that “reading things into the article”.
I just sent this to my son, who is in final training for his crew aboard S/V Lucky, preparing to sail their self-built (teak/oak/mahogany) 72-foot schooner from Khao Lak Thailand to Georgetown, SC via the IO, Cape of Goos Hope, and across the Atlantic. He’s got a crew of 10, with a goodly amount of experience at sea. He’s been over in Phu Ket since the Tsunami, building fishing boats (10-meter “Longtails”) for the fishermen who got wiped out in the Tsunami.
TC
And the life insurance. Evil cackles.
TC
Just let me handle the navigation and the 1000 days will take care of itself.
"Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum!! Drink and the Devil had done for the rest! Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum!"
Old Long John looks a happy camper.
Sure the sea can be dangerous but 55 and 23?
Reminds me of an old joke:
Doctor: At your age don’t you realize how dangerous that can be?
Old man: If she dies, she dies.
Bananas vey VEY bad luck.
No Bananas on my boat.
The Eric Clapton-looking guy isn’t the sailor, I don’t think. Captain Queeg is a scurvy-skinny, dweebish British-looking cat. Good luck to them. Not everyone can push the boundaries of mundane existence.
Here is their website with photos:
http://1000days.net/
Nope, others are largely paying for it with donations of goods and services.
I hope she made sure his will was up to date before leaving.
Oprah had a show about a couple who went on a cruise to get to know each other better. Some disaster happened. They floated on a piece of wood the size of a ritz cracker for days and he went crazy and just swam off to suicide one day. Ultimately she was rescued and told the story. It was a big deal at the time.
The second picture, the one where he has hair and looks 10 years younger may have been taken at the beginning of the relationship. She looks the same.
Poor b**tard :), he won't make it to Europe at this rate.
I agree, he does seem to know what he is doing.
On a separate note, though I am reminded of a story I read about General George S. Patton, who when transferred to Hawaii, loaded his family onto a small boat (40 feet or so I think) and sailed from San Diego to Hawaii. He taught himself to sail on the way.
> a two man crew going out like this is foolish...
Tis a dream of many a sailor. May she learn the sea quickly.
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