Whenever someone starts a conversation on Sailnet about a solo circumnavigation it seems like a lot of people dog pile on with lots of criticism, etc, and one of the things I remember from those threads is that there is always someone who is going to say that solo circumnavigation is now considered unremarkable and that the reason we don't hear about them is that nobody would bother to write about it. Yet we do seem to hear about solo circumnavigations when they happen, maybe not every attempt but I believe every success. I can't remember any this past year, the last one I remember was Donna Lange on "Inspired Insanity", and at about the same time there was a lot of conversation about Ken Barnes and his trials, but before that I don't remember any other recent attempts.
The Slocum society keeps this list and there are other lists like it of people who have completed a solo circumnavigation, and I am with you, for as many people as there are on the earth and the increase in safety gear such as GPS, you'd think more would have done it, but they haven't. It seems to still be a very exclusive club, very few dare. I have the utmost respect for anyone who has sailed solo around the earth and the naysayers don't influence me one bit.
I think there are many more couples who circumnavigate.
The Slocum society keeps this list and there are other lists like it of people who have completed a solo circumnavigation, and I am with you, for as many people as there are on the earth and the increase in safety gear such as GPS, you'd think more would have done it, but they haven't. It seems to still be a very exclusive club, very few dare. I have the utmost respect for anyone who has sailed solo around the earth and the naysayers don't influence me one bit.
I think there are many more couples who circumnavigate.