Wilbur Hubbard wrote:


Tanya Abie of "Maiden Voyage" fame was twice the man poor Zac is. She had a
little help from her father on a couple occasions but nothing as ridiculous
as poor Zac. His parents are holding the baby bottle full of warm milk for
him, for Pete's sake.


Well, I have to agree. IMO, he has failed in his attempt. Two stoppages
and that's that. Here's a report:

"At midnight last Saturday the forestay of his 36-foot yacht Intrepid
separated from the chain plate at the bow while he was battling 20 knots
of wind and 10 foot seas. Luckily, the yacht has an inner forestay which
kept the mast up."

"Battling" 10 foot seas and 20 kt winds? Battling? Good grief. It makes
it sound like he was beset with a typhoon and 150 kt winds. If he were
to finish, he'd have accomplished nothing.