Sailing Anarchy saying the needful, some climate arithmetic you should check out, and in the "There's a difference between famous and infamous" department...
Everyone seems to want to have their fifteen minutes of fame with some Derring-Do feat that sets them apart from the crowd. You’re going to have to be real creative to come up with a “first” where boats and sailing are part of the equation.
Many sailing and cruising folk don’t have a lot of historical knowledge where sailing accomplishments are concerned. Pretty much all the firsts have already been done. Since someone’s already done it before, you’re mostly just following in their wake.
Of course, most folk seeking to be first are harvesting ideas from the “How stupid can you go?” files. Crossing an ocean in a three-foot sailboat might get me into the Darwin Awards for sure but don’t float my boat.
I’m really not adventurous but having a goal for a circumnavigation would be no bad thing. I’ve pondered on what would be a significant method of getting around the world. A method that folks would deem either impossible or doubtful of success yet little chance of becoming a statistic in the yearly USCG mortality at sea report.
What to do?
When you think about it, it’s an “Around the World in Eighty Days” sort of question. So, what would Phileas Fogg do?
Or, to be more precise, what would someone who is a bit anti-social and very frugal desire to do or do without in a seaborne circumnavigation?
More on that soonish…
Listening to Las Cafeteras
So it goes...
