Dr. Stanley Paris & Kiwi Spirit II

Solo non-stop Circumnavigation

Breaking News: Dodge Morgan no longer fastest Circumnavigator in a Cruising Boat

It seems that solo sailing is literally taking off with two very recent successful solo non-stop circumnavigations. The first Indian to solo is now Abhilash Torry, 45, completing the route in 159 days. The next day Chinese citizen, Goo Chuan, 47, completed the voyage in 137 days, 20 hours, 1 minute and 57 seconds to take the record for the fastest in a cruising boat. The previous record stood at 150 days and 6 hours held by Dodge Morgan, 54, an American sailor. Dodge is still

St. Augustine, Florida to Thomaston, Maine...Including a Solo

Just yesterday, May 12th, I completed a seven day sail with my coach and project manager, Fred Bousiere, leaving from St. Augustine, Florida to Thomaston, Maine. This is where the Kiwi Spirit was built and where now some work will be done on her (more on that later). The voyage from St. Augustine was not great, as we followed a storm that had wreaked havoc on the east coast just days before with record rain falls. Therefore we had the ocean swells that linger after a storm bu

Off to Main but weather held me in St. Augustine

Unusual weather patterns in St. Augustine this past weekend held the Kiwi Spirit in St. Augustine a few days longer than planned. Winds were out of the northeast at 20 plus knots and we had had torrential rains with street flooding. Such winds blowing against the Gulf Stream, which we must cross as we go north, whip up huge and dangerous seas. So we waited. Now that we are headed for Maine, we are back on schedule for work to be done which includes putting electrical motors

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