Who would you put as your top sailing hero of all time, someone who inspired/inspire you, someone who was/is a pioneer, someone who didn't give up against all odds. and why them?
For me it has to be Sir Francis Chicester
the reason, well Gipsy moth 4 he asked for a a boat no bigger than 30 foot with a single mast and they gave him a 52 foot Ketch. In his own words she was Cantankerous and still he achieved
Fastest voyage around the world by any small vessel
Longest non stop passage that had been made by a small sailing vessel (15,000 miles)
More than twice the distance of the previous longest passage by a singlehander
Twice broke the record for a singlehander's weeks run by more than 100 miles
Established a record for singlehanded speed by sailing 1,400 miles in 8 days
and much more
and when asked why he embarked on his circumnavigation in Gipsy Moth IV, Sir Francis Chichester was quoted as saying:
" Because it intensifies life"
Lets have your thoughts