Tin Tin Sailing Round the World
@owlwings (43897)
Cambridge, England
October 22, 2016 4:35am CST
It seems that today two of my nephews will finally set sail from Gosport in Hampshire for La Coruna on the first leg of their Round The World trip.
I wish them fair winds and a good passage! Part of me is even a little envious, though I'm no sailor and only travel as a necessary part of being in another place, though I do usually enjoy the journey!
Anyone who feels like monitoring the progress of Tin Tin may visit the blog below. Please give them a wave if they happen to pass by where you are!
What great adventure have you (or anyone you know) ever undertaken?
Tin Tin's Sailing Calendar Friday, 21 October 2016 Off at last! Friday came and we still had Steve and John from MarineTech on board finishing off the engine, and helping fix the electric loo and repositioning some deck hardware. Then we set off as far as
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
22 Oct 16
There's a calendar on the blog which shows their itinerary and also a link to an app which shows their actiual progress on a map. I shall be excited to follow them myself and I'm sure that they would love to have as many followers as feel inclined to do so. How ironic that yours is about the only country they would never be able to sail to! (well, I suppose that there's Luxembourg and Mongolia and Malawi and a few others, as well!)
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
27 Oct 16
There seem to be several alternatives according to the Agenda section of the diary on their site but one of them is to reach Cape Town by early January 2018 and from there to visit St Helena on the way to Salvador (presumably Sao Salvador in Brazil).
I'm sure that they would be surprised and immensely pleased to be welcomed by an unknown follower from SA!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
24 Oct 16
It is really a heroic undertaking!They will meet a lot of challenge in which there are terrifying waves ,adverse weather and many other unexpected difficulties.Wish your nephews'trip around the world complete success !
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
25 Oct 16
@owlwings Don't know if they will pass by China,for example Shanghai,Qingdao,etc.However I can't see them
I am afraid,even if they do,because I live far from the sea.
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@rebelann (117206)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Oct 16
Since I'm a desert dweller I'm not much for sailing but when I was 9 dad was transferred back to the US via boat from Germany to NYC, all I really remember about that trip was the greenish waves on some days, the food and playing shuffle board. 1959 wasn't a good year for kids really, this boat didn't have much to entertain 5 and 9 year olds.
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@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
22 Oct 16
How wonderful, indeed, to be young! My eldest nephew, Paul (the Captain) is 63 and Mark (the First Mate) is 58 or 59, I think. It isn't quite the first long journey they've done, though. Both have sailed to the Caribbean and, last year, Paul sailed to Tierra Del Fuego, so they have some experience, at least.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
22 Oct 16
I hope they enjoy themselves. IT's not something I've ever wanted to do!
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@topffer (42155)
• France
24 Oct 16
I wish good winds to Tin Tin. I think that my greatest adventure has been to go from France to Turkey in 1980 (I was 21) with my first car, an old 2cv Citroen that I bought about $400, the same than on this photo on Wikipedia. It climbed the Alps at 20 km/h and had only a serious failure, a break failure in Bulgaria. A local mechanic fixed it weirdly with a piece of copper pipe used by plumbers and told me to not wait to do a real repair. I sold it 2 years later with 30000 km more for the same price, with the "temporary" Bulgarian break fix
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.@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
24 Oct 16
The Deux Chevaux were (and still are) wonderful cars. They were made to be fixed by their owners (even Bulgarians) with the most make-shift and basic tools and materials. There were even people who ploughed their fields with them and you could carry anything to market with them.
The last three cars I have had have been Citroens (though I never owned a 2CV) and even though they are now sophisticated and computer controlled, they are still reliable and sensibly designed vehicles.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
24 Oct 16
@owlwings Yes, you could repair a 2 cv with matches and sewing threads. I saw one with a floor in reinforced concrete. Indeed the owner was a mason. Citroen designed a lot of very good cars ahead of time in the past, like the Traction avant, the DS or the XM. Since they merged with Peugeot, they lost a bit of their originality, but there is still a "Citroen design". Have you a C4 ? It is a very good car.
. Citroen designed a lot of very good cars ahead of time in the past, like the Traction avant, the DS or the XM. Since they merged with Peugeot, they lost a bit of their originality, but there is still a "Citroen design". Have you a C4 ? It is a very good car.1 person likes this
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Oct 16
This is one of those things that I both envy and have no desire to do, would be cool, but the big wide ocean, well is big and wide, and a bit scary!
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