Thanks very much for posting that link, simply amazing…
I’d read a bit about Matt before, in SPINSHEET if memory serves, but his website was very rudimentary back then… He’s doing a very nice job with that now…
I cannot fathom doing that trip in an Albin Vega, more power to him… The guy is obviously a remarkable sailor, and an extraordinarily committed young man, hope things continue to go in his favor…
Sounds like those other guys who posted here months ago re “How do I keep my boat from sinking?” are running a bit behind schedule, and are contemplating having to winter over in Greenland, and postpone their attempt at the Passage until next year…
Admirable stuff isn't it ? I really do applaud this young man for setting out to do something that doesn't required rushing breakneck across the sea.
That he does it single handed is all the more remarkable. Oh I know all the aruguments about keeping watch etc but to do a voyage like this alone is probably behind the operating level of my cajones.
I am with Jon E, in thinking that an Albin would not be my choice of vessel either but hey, its hard to argue with success and he sure as hell seems to be succeeding.
Anyone interested in another northwest passage voyage should have look at
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Quoting from an article in the Sydney Morning Herald:
The veteran yachtsmen Alex Whitworth (63) and Peter Crozier (60) like a challenge. In 1998, sailing Berrimilla, one of the smallest boats in the Sydney to Hobart fleet, they took on the savage storm that hit the race, leaving six dead and several boats sunk. They made it to the finish line, winning their division. In 2004/2005 they have decided to go one better.
In early January 2005, after Alex and Peter completed the 2004 Sydney to Hobart, they dismissed the rest of the crew and sailed off eastwards on the long way home to Sydney via Cape Horn, England, Cape of Good Hope and the Southern Ocean.
In July 2005 they sailed in the Fastnet race winning 11th place on handicap. From Falmouth, England, they then returned to Sydney around the Cape of Good Hope. While at sea in the Southern Ocean, they were awarded the 2005 Seamanship Trophy by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, London, for outstanding seamanship.
Reaching Sydney just 5 days out from the 2005 Sydney to Hobart, the restocked, recrewed, and made the Boxing Day start line. In Hobart for New Years Eve, then back to Sydney on the 9th of January 2006.
These guys are incredible: Alex Whitworth, and Peter Crozier. What are they doing now? What do they do when not sailing or fixing the boat? What is their next adventure?
"The days of wooden ships and iron men".... seems to me there are still a few iron men around and this young fellow is one of them. Great blog, quite an accomplishment already!
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"The days of wooden ships and iron men".... seems to me there are still a few iron men around and this young fellow is one of them. Great blog, quite an accomplishment already!
Agree, cannot imagine sailing through ice infested waters at night and alone in the remote arctic.
These guys are incredible: Alex Whitworth, and Peter Crozier. What are they doing now? What do they do when not sailing or fixing the boat? What is their next adventure?
I don't know for certain but I think they might have decided enough is enough. Peter, I believe only crewed on Berri to bring her back home and Alex had intended to sell he in England. I guess maybe bringing her home was a sentimental journey for them both.
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