19'' Sailboat crosses the Pacific

TgSoe · #1 (**permalink**) 09-25-2002

Did anybody read that story in Sail Magazine about a Japanese kid crossing the pacific ocean in a 19'' sailboat? I think he sailed from Japan to Sandiego California in 1962. The boat looked to be an open bow sailboat. I just caught a glimpse of the story while at a boat dealer the other day.

newuser · #2 (**permalink**) 09-26-2002

think you''re discussing Ken''ichi Horie. An interesting man. He wrote a book. He recently did it again landing in S.F. with a replica of his old boat, with a few modifications, made out of wood from beer barrels. He''s got a website somehwere. I never bookmarked it though. It''s worth looking for.

TgSoe · #3 (**permalink**) 09-28-2002

Hey thanks ,I found his web site its at www2.malts-mermaid3.com/english/malts_eng.htm I was mistaken about the boat being an open bow though.