Arthur, How do you fit enough water in the boat for 20 days...and how much water did you take? That is a lot of miles per day... And to spend that much time in the boat...how did you prevent yourself from getting leg problems...i.e. when you finally stood up after twenty days...you must have lost of lot of strength in your legs? ... and I presume they would be pretty stiff when hitting land? Michael Orchard > Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 17:58:32 -0500 > From: "Arthur Hebert" <seacajun_at_gs.net> > Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] THOUSAND MILERS > > - ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PeterO" <rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au> > Only five I'm afraid and even that was cheating > > because I wasn't sleeping in the boat on the ocean overnight:~) In fact > the > > only person I know who can do that safely in a single is Peter Rattenbury > > using a modified Klepper. Have others had to do this ever? > > > Unescorted 20 days 738 miles open water crossing of the Gulf of Mexico in > 1998. I used a stock Eddyline Wind Dancer 24" beam 17 feet long. I say > stock, the only extra added to the boat from the factory was the kayak was > glass and kelvar. Of course I did add some extra deck rigging. The boat was > my bedroom kitchen bathroom hospital and playroom for the 20 days. > Although I may have cheated a little bit. I only got out of the boat once > ( not by choice) when a rouge wave knocked me over when I was taking a crap. > High center of gravity was in fault and no paddle in my hands. > > > Arthur Hebert > Louisiana > www.seacajun.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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