85 yo crosses Atlantic on raft
04-11-2011, 01:06 PM
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I hope that I'm this gutsy when I get to that age:
Sailor, 85, crosses Atlantic on raft with friends
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42467925...news-americas/
An 85-year-old British sailor who dreamed of crossing the Atlantic on a raft as a young boy has completed the journey in 66 days with three friends.
The 2,800-mile crossing to this Caribbean island, led by Anthony Smith of London, took about two months and was generally smooth except for damage to two rudders on the large, sail-powered raft.
"Some people say it was mad," he told The Associated Press when he arrived in St. Maarten Wednesday. "But it wasn't mad. What else do you do when you get on in years?"
(there's more to the article - this is just to get the gist)
Sailor, 85, crosses Atlantic on raft with friends
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42467925...news-americas/
An 85-year-old British sailor who dreamed of crossing the Atlantic on a raft as a young boy has completed the journey in 66 days with three friends.
The 2,800-mile crossing to this Caribbean island, led by Anthony Smith of London, took about two months and was generally smooth except for damage to two rudders on the large, sail-powered raft.
"Some people say it was mad," he told The Associated Press when he arrived in St. Maarten Wednesday. "But it wasn't mad. What else do you do when you get on in years?"
(there's more to the article - this is just to get the gist)
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