Stephen Trapani wrote:
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.

He used the Panama Canal which is not sailing.

So did Perham.

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

So did Perham.

He dilly-dallied around for months at a time and had a birthday en
route while workmen refitted his boat time after time.

So did Perham. Perham did it faster though, because the boat he had
donated to him (unlike Sunderland who bought his own boat) was much faster.

Stephen

I followed him and was a fan until he called daddy from the Indian Ocean
and asked what to do when his headstay broke. Calling daddy for advise
is wrong on many levels.

Daddy told him to put the spinnaker halyard on the bow. If he had to be
told that, he wasn't on his own.