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Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 1/31/2011, 12:19 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing (Bohdan Szymanik)

: 6 billion+ people in this world and yet so few that take these
: challenges on. Here in Wellington, New Zealand we have the velux
: round the world yacht racers in harbour (amazing boats btw). 4
: people - one brit, one american, one canadian and one pole.
: There's a poster on the waterfront saying that 2700 people have
: climbed everest, 500 have been in space but only 180 have sailed
: round the world. It almost seems that as the world population
: grows we're actually becoming safer and less adventurous.

I think their statistics are off by just a tiny bit, like 1000%. There may well be only 180 that have raced around the world on a sailboat, huge number though have sailed around the world, at least several thousand.

Be careful what you read :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Atlantic Crossing
Michael McMann -- 1/28/2011, 1:02 pm
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
george jung -- 1/28/2011, 7:12 pm
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
Bohdan Szymanik -- 1/30/2011, 3:21 pm
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
Charlie -- 1/30/2011, 11:20 pm
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2011, 12:19 am
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2011, 12:21 am
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
Bohdan Szymanik -- 1/31/2011, 1:08 am
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2011, 3:56 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/31/2011, 3:01 pm
Re: Survive the Savage Sea--book
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2011, 4:10 pm
Re: Survive the Savage Sea--book
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2011, 4:14 pm
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
Bill Hamm -- 1/31/2011, 4:06 am
Re: Other: Atlantic Crossing
Charlie -- 1/31/2011, 11:12 am