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Solo sailor attempts circumnavigation of the Americas non-stop

1:05 AM Tue 28 Jun 2011 GMT

'This is the kind of Albin Vega 27 that Matt will use to solo sail a circumnavigation of the Americas' .

If you thought Ian Thomson's circumnavigation of Australia was difficult (and you were right), now there's another long-range solo adventurer out there taking on an unimaginably difficult task, to circumnavigate the Americas non-stop in a 27ft boat. Matt Rutherford, starting from Annapolis in the USA State of Maryland, intends to sail solo East to West through the Northwest Passage beginning this summer, and then 'all going well', he will head for Cape Horn in his audacious attempt. All sailing adventurers do it for the love of the adventure, but many of them also ...

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by Nancy Knudsen

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