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Weld a well-known oceanic sailor and Anderson are personal friends, but officials said yesterday the yachtsman a gift was not contingent on Anderson's appointment...
Joshua Slocum offered that advice after returning in 1898 from a solo three-year voyage around the world in his 36-ft. 9-in. Spray. Last week 16 sailors from eight countries (five Americans, three Britishers, three Frenchmen, a New Zealander, an Australian, a Japanese, a South African and a Czech) followed the great Yankee skipper's advice. As a gunshot cracked across Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay to signal the start, each sailor turned his stern on the plush attractions of old Newport, his bow toward the starting line off Goat Island and the wild Atlantic...
...statement is not briny hyperbole. The route includes the legendary "Roaring Forties," those southern latitudes where no land mass breaks the force of the winds and waves can crest at 120 ft. The sailors must also cross the doldrums of the middle Atlantic, with its sudden dangerous squalls and alternate dead calms. The vast emptiness of the Pacific will provide the stiffest psychological test. "This sailor does it all," adds Roos. "He navigates his boat, he handles the sails, he cooks. He's got to be able to sew sails and make repairs." The race was to have included...
...sailors seem up to their challenge. Desmond Hampton, 41, a handsome London real estate broker, has chartered the 56-ft. ketch Gipsy Moth V from the family of the late Sir Francis Chichester. Hampton's only companion will be a tiny stuffed koala bear presented to him for good luck by his daughter. Guy Bernardin, 37, a French business executive who will skipper the 38-ft. Ratso II, accepts the loneliness of the long-distance sailor. "For a race such as this," he says, "you must clear out all the responsibilities in your life. Anything can happen. You must...
...eligible, each contestant and boat had to complete a 1,000-mile solo voyage, a requirement that posed no problem to Frenchman Philippe Jeantot, who has already logged 25,000 solo miles. The weeks before the start were spent stocking provisions and spare parts, checking out radios (each sailor will be required to report his position weekly), and adjusting the self-steering gear that will allow captains a few hours' sleep...