Dr Stanley Paris, life-long adventure-seeking New Zealander but long-time resident of Florida, tells his story as he sets out to circumnavigate the world solo and non-stop in the fastest ever time, at the age of 76.
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Current position HERE…
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Blog – Jan 9th – Tristian, Nightingale and Inaccessible Island Coming Up
Blog – Jan 8th – After 30 days – Morgan and Paris Neck and Neck
Blog – Jan 6th, Loss of Sail and Injury
Aspiring round-the-world solo yachtsman Stanley Paris has been injured in the South Atlantic Ocean east of Porto Alegre, in Brazil, while clearing shreds of torn sail from the shrouds.
The 76-year-old New Zealander and long time resident of Florida, who is attempting to solo circumnavigate the world non-stop in his 62ft sailing boat Kiwi Spirit, has suspected cracked ribs and an injury to his left arm, but is making light of the injuries and continuing in his attempt to set a record to become the oldest and fastest person to achieve such a circumnavigation.
Blog – Jan 5th, Ships and Trucks Passing in the Night
Blog – Jan 2nd, In Search of Wind
Blog – Dec 31st, Physical and Emotional-End of First Month
Blog – Dec 31st, Early Warning Squall Detector – Patent Pending
Blog – Dec 29th, Leg II complete!
Blog – Dec 28th, Accidental Gybe
Dec 27, day 20 update – Kiwi Spirit has an approximate two and a half day lead over American Promise. (Based on Latitudes, Kiwi Spirit is about 7 1/2 degrees further south on Day 20 than American Promise was, thus about 450 nautical miles ahead.)
Stanley has entered the South Pacific and has passed Salvador, Brazil, and will be looking for an opportunity to cross over and round the cape on his way to the Indian Ocean.
You can follow Stanley on the yellow brick road and read about his experience to-date here…
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Here is his first report:
On Saturday, Dec. 7, Kiwi Spirit crossed the line 0.8 nm due east of Bermuda’s St. David’s Lighthouse to begin my challenge on the 150-day record, as well as to become the oldest and the first ever green (no engine).
The start was as Dodge Morgan, the record holder set it, one mile from the lighthouse. However, I noted only this morning that on his return he was three miles off shore when he re-crossed the line to finish. I shall follow suit, especially should I come in at night.
I see that the winds for the next few days will be light and so I expect to fall behind Dodge Morgan’s average of 171.84 miles a day. Tomorrow, I will get out a spinnaker and see if I can go faster. But for now, I am enjoying the moment. Four years of planning and execution…it’s game on.
BTW – The first person to sail solo non-stop and non-assisted was Sir Robin Knox-Johnson, who did it in 313 days. He is incidentally still alive and is younger than me!
Fair winds Dr Stanley!
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From Sail-World, original post here…
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