In a 19 foot sailboat? At 23 years old, he did the reverse trip "in just 94 days" at an average speed of 2.35 knots. That sounds grueling - and frankly, not wise, especially at age 83?
https://www.furuno.com/special/jp/horie-challenge/
Not anymore. That's not how societies function. Cue the cries of "he never should have been out there" and "make him pay for his rescue!"
A reason why I’d never have a blog where I announce to the Internet what I plan to do. I want to be “far from the madding crowd” (to quote Thomas Hardy).
If you need the wife and kids’ permission, you’re already a goner
Must be love, love, love...If you need the wife and kids’ permission, you’re already a goner
On a boat that size in any weather you are crawling to go forward. Those are handholds, not lifelines.
I met a guy (Japanese) when I was mountain biking around northern Japan - we cycled together for a bit, sharing campsites. When I was living there, for almost four years, I had a rice cooker and basically ate rice daily, as tens of millions of Japanese do daily, three meals a day. But that guy, the cyclist, also made rice with his camp stove - not an easy feat! I suspect Horie-san has provisioned with many prepared meals.
