tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119012361893897551.post4101847473825425458..comments2023-09-12T22:49:16.089-07:00Comments on The Sea of Syrah: Laura Dekker's Equatorial CircumnavigationSyrahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462582696147684479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119012361893897551.post-37324457220704199112010-08-15T09:53:14.719-07:002010-08-15T09:53:14.719-07:00Greetings Netherlander,
I am happy to hear of the...Greetings Netherlander,<br /><br />I am happy to hear of the proposed route change.<br /><br />While Laura's age is a small worry, the pirates are a big one.<br /><br />Even Joshua Slocum had to contend with pirates, both off the west coast of Africa and around Cape Horn. <br /><br />The only places that Piracy is much of a problem today is around those areas where Islam is practiced. Sailing well away from South Asia and the East Coast of Africa would avoid most of the problem areas.<br /><br />Where as the Oceans test a persons metal, the Pirates test a person's luck. Suez is a bad gamble.Syrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462582696147684479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119012361893897551.post-75677183603344123892010-08-15T01:05:49.256-07:002010-08-15T01:05:49.256-07:00Laura Dekker will be 16 years old when she will sa...Laura Dekker will be 16 years old when she will sail the last part of he voyage, and in her scheme are two options for that part to sail. Option 1 is the Suez canal route which has finer wheather, but leads trough the gulf of Aden, and option 2 is around Capetown in case piracy is a problem. In her scheme is written that a choice for option 2 is most likely in the current situation. <br /><br />She will follow the same route as all the other yachts on the same route, and as it looks now that route will be Mauritius, Durban, Capetown, saint-Helena. She will not sail through the gulf of Aden if there is a warning for yachts.<br /><br />And the route from Durban to Capetown (for all yachts) is in a wheather-window.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com