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Day 421 Second Longest Sea Voyage PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 15 June 2008

Wind S 5 to 10 knots, Course E, Speed 2 to 3 knots, Position 30° 01' S by 127° 49' W

Jon Sanders, who I have often spoken about held the 1st and 2nd place records for the longest sea voyages in history.  His 2nd place sea voyage of 419 days 22 hours and 10 minutes I have just surpassed. His longest sea voyage of 657 days non stop at sea is a goal ahead of me that I intend to surpass, if my luck holds out, God willing.  The Guinness Book Of World Records ratified 12 records for his 420 day voyage.  He has a lot more records after his longest sea voyage.  I contacted the record keepers for the sailing section of the Guinness Book and they wanted $2,500 before we left to ratify our proposed records. In our desperate money situation we had to forgo that.  As times change people create new records. Soanya and I have the longest non stop man and woman sea voyage at 306 days.  Soanya holds the longest consecutive sea voyage for a woman at 306 days.  We have the longest time out of sight of land at 305 days.  The longest space analogous expedition is 421 days.  We have several more “firsts” I will write about in the future.  I just read about the North Pole and all the tough explorers that go there and to the highest mountains.  I am the only one surviving out here for over a year.  The emptiness of the sea envelopes me.

Reid

 
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