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saumon posted 10-02-2013 12:11 AM ET (US)
Really impressive:
http://www.mylenepaquette.com/en/
Look under the "project" tab for infos about her boat and live map...
OMCrobert posted 10-02-2013 09:49 AM ET (US)
Ouch! 88 days at sea so far and only half way? No thank you.
jcdawg83 posted 10-04-2013 03:12 PM ET (US)
With a couple of tropical systems in the Atlantic, she might want to hurry.
saumon posted 10-04-2013 05:19 PM ET (US)
She already cross the tail of the tropical storm Humberto last week, with 7 meters waves and 35 knots winds. She had to stay strapped inside her cabin 3 days in a row, capsizing twice (her boat have a ballast, self-straightening itself).
Now that she reach the Gulf Stream, thing should speed up a bit.
saumon posted 11-12-2013 06:09 PM ET (US)
She did it. 5000 kms, 129 days, winds up to 60mph and 40ft waves, capsizing 10 times.
http:/ / www. google. com/ hostednews/ afp/ article/ ALeqM5hnSBqDx61O5dq PyGxLmoR20LjmtQ?docId=13a150ec-dc0d-4b58-b3bc-fbf83be0dc6c
http:/ / www. theglobeandmail. com/ news/ national/ canadian-rower-is-fi rst-north-american-woman-to-finish-solo-atlantic-crossing/ article153966 54/
contender posted 11-13-2013 07:53 PM ET (US)
Hugo Vihlen sailed 4100 miles from Morocco to Miami in 1968, his boat was only 5ft 11 inches long, the boat was shaped like a cork, I think is was wider or deaper than long. The boat sits rotting in the upper keys right now, have not seen it for about 5 years.
southshore fisherman posted 11-13-2013 08:18 PM ET (US)
In 1965 Robert Manry sailed the Tinkerbelle, which at that time was the smallest boat ever to make a non-stop across the Atlantic at 13.5 feet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Manry

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Author	Topic: Rowing solo across the Atlantic
saumon	posted 10-02-2013 12:11 AM ET (US) Really impressive: http://www.mylenepaquette.com/en/ Look under the "project" tab for infos about her boat and live map...
OMCrobert	posted 10-02-2013 09:49 AM ET (US) Ouch! 88 days at sea so far and only half way? No thank you.
jcdawg83	posted 10-04-2013 03:12 PM ET (US) With a couple of tropical systems in the Atlantic, she might want to hurry.
saumon	posted 10-04-2013 05:19 PM ET (US) She already cross the tail of the tropical storm Humberto last week, with 7 meters waves and 35 knots winds. She had to stay strapped inside her cabin 3 days in a row, capsizing twice (her boat have a ballast, self-straightening itself). Now that she reach the Gulf Stream, thing should speed up a bit.
saumon	posted 11-12-2013 06:09 PM ET (US) She did it. 5000 kms, 129 days, winds up to 60mph and 40ft waves, capsizing 10 times. http:/ / www. google. com/ hostednews/ afp/ article/ ALeqM5hnSBqDx61O5dq PyGxLmoR20LjmtQ?docId=13a150ec-dc0d-4b58-b3bc-fbf83be0dc6c http:/ / www. theglobeandmail. com/ news/ national/ canadian-rower-is-fi rst-north-american-woman-to-finish-solo-atlantic-crossing/ article153966 54/
contender	posted 11-13-2013 07:53 PM ET (US) Hugo Vihlen sailed 4100 miles from Morocco to Miami in 1968, his boat was only 5ft 11 inches long, the boat was shaped like a cork, I think is was wider or deaper than long. The boat sits rotting in the upper keys right now, have not seen it for about 5 years.
southshore fisherman	posted 11-13-2013 08:18 PM ET (US) In 1965 Robert Manry sailed the Tinkerbelle, which at that time was the smallest boat ever to make a non-stop across the Atlantic at 13.5 feet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Manry