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paddling to france 13 years 11 months ago #30984
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My wife thinks I'm insane but I think it's feasible to paddle and sail (pacific action sale) from Newhaven, Sussex or Dover, Kent to the nearest bit of France. I want to travel on from there cross country as far as I can get in 2-3yrs. Ideally would like to finish up in New Zealand. Anyone else think I'm nuts?
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Re:paddling to france 13 years 11 months ago #30986
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i don't think, i know for sure you are nuts
but, if you weren't nuts, you would stay in you couch, watch tv, drink beer, ... GB-Europ mainland is possible, furtheron, should be possible to. Untill you are past europe, then it wil get difficult because you go on the ocean and, well, less 'civilisation' in terms of rescue, medical care, ... there is one thing you should do: prepare well, not only physical and material, but also mental |
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Re:paddling to france 13 years 10 months ago #31345
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im not sure if you know him but my old college lecturer paddled across the atlantic and it took him close to 3 months to do so, and it was in a specially designed kayak, which sank on his first two attempts, on the third he finally made it across, un aided, if you going to do that kind of distance i suggest that you prepare and prepare extremly well
his name is peter bray if you want to look him up on the web Wayne
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Re: paddling to france 13 years 10 months ago #31346
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See also:
Book, Alone at Sea: playak.com/article.php?sid=1467 Plus an independent Playak review of that book: playak.com/article.php?sid=1364 Book: Kayak Across the Atlantic: playak.com/article.php?sid=6354 A blog about an expedition last year: transatlantic2010.blogspot.com/ Whatever you do, stay safe! Sounds like a huge undertaking... Oh, and if you do go ahead, contact me to discuss how the Playak community can stay informed about your progress  If you're happy, you're successful.
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