Update on 16 yr old solo-circumnavigator Zac S

Zac Sunderland is seeking to become the youngest person to ever havesailed around the world alone. He plans to complete his voyage before turning 18. Setting out from Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles, he's now 1./.2 way to Hawaii. Zac is keeping a blog of his journey with regular entries via satellite.  The entry for June 25th begins like this: "I was woken at 6:00 this morning by the radar alarm and a ship on a collision course. Of course the ship was 20 miles away but I had to sit in the cockpit and watch for it, changing course a bit for it to pass safely. I am still making good distances everyday. The wind is hitting my aft starboard quarter (back right side) and making it difficult to keep wind in the genoa (big sail in front). I have spent the last 2 days fiddling and tweaking the sails, lines, and course to try to improve on this without much success. I may try to attach the spinnaker pole to the end of the genoa tomorrow to force it to stay out and stop flapping constantly. This has really made today frustrating"... more Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 246 Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Comment smaller | bigger I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters Add Comment

Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 June 2008 )

 

< Prev		Next >