Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"Stephen Trapani" wrote in message
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Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
"silverdragon" wrote in message
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On Aug 27, 12:31 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
The Guinness Book of Records does not recognize Zac Sunderland's
circumnavigation because he had too much outside help.
Bwaahahahhahahaha.

I told you so.

"The previous youngest to complete a similar voyage was American Zac
Sunderland last month, but his effort is not recognized by Guinness
World
Records."

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifes...57Q2V220090827

Wilbur Hubbard
:: I really dont think his goal was to get into "the book".
::
:: He set out to single handedly circumnavigate the world by sailboat,
:: and that he did.


Wrong! His stated goal was to be the youngest person to sail alone around
the world.

He failed miserable as he did not sail alone around the world. He had
help with tows into and out of various ports.
So did Perham.

Not so. Perham sailed most of the way foregoing the motor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Perham

That article does not say Perham wasn't towed. In fact, his record is
classified as "assisted." He was assisted heavily by his father and
numerous others, including tows. He said so repeatedly in his blog.

He used the Panama Canal which is not sailing.
So did Perham.

True but he did intend, at least, to go the Cape Horn route but mechanical
problems caused him to use the Panama Canal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Perham

He had all sorts of people constantly working on his boat.
So did Perham.

Not so, he had limited help and only close to the finishing leg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Perham

At near the beginning, Perham even had the autopilot manufacturer fly in
a repairman who worked for days on it. Eventually someone replaced it
with an autopilot of different manufacture. He had numerous other
breakdowns and numerous other people working on his boat. The link you
provided doesn't say otherwise. It's all on his blog.

Stephen