Hi Scott: I would suggest any list of great seakayaking journeys would be incomplete without the following [ not listed in any particular order]: # Lindemann's solo crossing of the Atlantic in the 1930s # Ed Gillet's solo crossing of the Pacific from Monterey to Hawaii in 1987 # Paul Caffyn's solo circumnavigation of Australia in the 1980s # Oskar Speck's solo journey from Europe to Australia in the late 1930s. No doubt other journeys by Gillet, John Dowd [ South America and Caribbean] , Eric Stiller [ Sydney to Darwin ] should be considered in the modern era... That should set the discussion going.... Cheers, Peter R... *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> # Lindemann's solo crossing of the Atlantic in the 1930s In the 1930s it was Captn Romer. He never made it to he continent. Disappeared during a Hurrican after relaunch from - eh - St. Thomas? Lindeman had done 2 atlantic crossings in small crafts. First in a dug-out canoe 1955 and second in a Klepper foldable in 1956. Following year 1957 he gone a third time singlehand across the ocean, in a small (small for todays dimensions) sailing ship. Another really great ocean crossing, not in a kayak but in an open unsailed rowing boat, take place in 1896, See <daring the sea>, birch lane press. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> Another really great ocean crossing, not in a kayak but in an open unsailed > rowing boat, take place in 1896, I found an interesting web site for those who are into this sort of thing. http://www.famoussmallboats.com/ This site my have been up on this list before, I can't remember. But it's new to me and kinda fun to sort through. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 book "A Speck on the Sea" by William H. Longyard covers "epic voyages in the most improbable vessels" and includes some by kayaks. Tony Niilus *************************************************************************** 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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