Solo Sailor Rescued after drifting for 11 weeks

[Regatta]

Here what i discovered ...A marieholm26 around the world not lucky... but great man!!!

http://www.noonsite.com/Members/sue/R2012-04-25-1/view
http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/stig-lun ... -1.1283391
Any comment?

[maja]

I have finished to sail alone long time ago. It is boring and dangerous.

And my general opinion is that an IF-boat or a M26 is too small and thus inconvenient for oversea crossing. You may manage a couple of days or so, but not several weeks.

When sailing overseas, communication to shore and to other ships is very important. Besides the normal VHF-radio it is wise to have some type of satellite communication, maybe also a short wave radio with a pedal electric power generator.