N.Y. Duo Sets Sail On 1,000-Day Cruise

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1,000-Day Cruise55-year-old Reid Stowe and his 23-year-old girlfriend, Soanya Ahmad, embarked Saturday on a voyage that they intend to take them three times around the globe and last 1,000 days and nights — nonstop, with no port calls for supplies or a walk on solid ground.

They set sail Saturday afternoon aboard his 70-foot, two-masted schooner, named the Schooner Anne, from a Hudson River marina in North Hoboken, in bright sunshine and temperatures in the 70s.

Stowe planned a course that initially will take them into the north Atlantic to take advantage of wind and currents, then head south of the Equator. Past the Equator, before passing Cape Horn, he mapped out a course that would loop around the south Atlantic, in the outline of a heart.

In addition to provisions being packed into every nook and cranny of the schooner's hull, the rest of their food will be caught fresh from the sea — automatically. Two contraptions at the stern will troll for fish, and when one is caught the line is rigged to alert them by tapping a piece of wood. Rainwater will be collected in tarps stretched over the deck, and a desalinator will turn sea water into drinking water.

Along with sending and receiving e-mail via satellite, they expect to post photographs, videos and blogs on their Web site.

Source: CBS
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Anonymous said…
.One thing I don't get: Reid's blog only lists HIM as the storyteller, he doesn't even mention Soanya's name in the subtitle. And he gloats in another post at how Yahoo listed his news story as Number One all day Sunday, as if he is in this more for rating and Fame and PR for his book and movie later, than really doing this for real reasons. He is a fame seeker. Like all Americans. see the subtitle of his blog. he is not for real and he is not giving Soanya credit. WHY? is he is this for OTHER reasons. the media should be asking this?

This is how REid's blog reads now: "1000 Days Non-stop at Sea:
Stories of Reid Stowe (sic), the Schooner (sic) Anne, and her Quest (Sic) to set a new sailing record of 1,000 Days @ Sea w/o stopping or resupply."

Notice no mention of Soanya's name there. Why is that? I wrote to him on his blog and asked him to correct his to say "stories of Reid Stowe and Soanya Ahmad....." But he deletede my comment and refused to make change. Go figure.
26 April, 2007 11:37
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