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.
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.