Here's news of a Japanese paddler intending to paddle the Indonesian archipelago over five years. http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20031028.D02&irec=9 The reported dimensions of the sea kayak and mast are interesting. Peter Treby Melbourne, Australia *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> The reported dimensions of the sea kayak and mast are interesting. A 50 meter mast? Talk about lightning rods! *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I couldn't get to the article from the link posted on the Paddlewise digest. I probably didn't use it soon enough and the featured articles changed (and the archives was membership only) so I googled Paddling and Jakarta and found an article but I'm not sure it is the same one as you linked to. The article I found at http://asia.news.yahoo.com/031025/kyodo/d7ud4vag0.html contained this sentence: "At night, he will usually sleep on a transportation ministry ship that will track his kayak." My questions are: How do I get on this trip? Is part of the 6 million yen ($55,555 US) this trip is expected to cost going for the transportation ministry ship or was that just a per?. Matt Broze www.marinerkayaks.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/ ***************************************************************************
The article http://asia.news.yahoo.com/031025/kyodo/d7ud4vag0.html is different but describes the same trip. The journalists have been casual about the boat description, this one says a three metre double kayak, the last one said a seven metre boat, with a 50 metre mast! Notwithstanding the usual innaccuracies from reporters, this sounds like an interesting trip to follow. There is probably a Japanese website for the trip. Matt, if you want to join the trip, why don't you try email contact with "Great Seaman Supporting Committee Japan,"? Cheers, PT *************************************************************************** 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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