1120 days at sea and still sailing

10:22 PM Fri 14 May 2010 GMT

'Reid Stowe and Soanya Ahmad aboard the Schooner Anne, docked on the Hoboken Waterfront. The pair planned to stay at sea for 1000 days aboard the schooner, which Reid built himself. However Soanya became ’seasick’ and had to leave the yacht in the Southern Ocean' .

Most sailors who set out to sail around the world non-stop and unassisted, aim to do the circumnavigation and arrive home as soon as practicable. But as Australian teenager Jessica Watson arrives back in Sydney after clocking up 209 astonishing solo days in a circumnavigation, spare a thought for another solo sailor who's been sailing for 1,120 days, and still going... On January 16 this year New York City artist, adventurer and sailor Reid Stowe, on his 70 ft. gaff-rigged schooner Anne, accomplished his goal of remaining at sea for 1,000 days (2 years, 7 months and 4 days) without ...

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