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From: cirejay (no email)
Date: Fri May 05 2006 - 21:20:24 EDT
--- In , "Peter Pisciotta"
<pete_pisc at dot dot dot > wrote:
>
> I am a relatively new subscriber, a lurker as it were. I hope this
is
> not inappropriate or a re-hash of a recent topic - the group is
> focused on world cruising, which I realize most folks do in
> sailboats, but power cruising is becoming increasingly popular.
> Searching the archives, I found a thread on circumnavigating in a
> motorboat.
>
> Idlewild, a 55-foot aluminum trawler started a circumnavigation
last
> year with the Northwest Passage. They've rounded Cape Horn and
> completed a 4800 nms crossing to Australia. From their website,
> here's the specs on the boat (www.ildewildexpedition.com):
I believe the link actually is (http://www.idlewildexpedition.ca/)
and, yes, it is quite an impressive undertaking. The mere fact that
a 55' sailboat would get pretty much no press for attempting a such
a voyage indicates just how out of the ordinary it is.
Is this good or bad? I don't know but what I do know is that one
can attempt just about anything, given the means to do so. One
doesn't need a large chunk of change to sail around the world. Even
at $3.00 per gallon we're talking at least $20,000 for fuel alone to
power around.
It is cool boat though.
eric S/V Nebaras
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