Adrian nears goal
 |
| Sailor Adrian Flanagan |
SOLO sailor Adrian Flanagan is less than 1,000 miles from clinching his lifetime's ambition.
THE 47-year-old's attempt to become the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe via the Russian arctic has so far taken two years - far outstripping his original estimate of 300 days.
His epic voyage has been dogged with major setbacks since he left Hamble in 2006.
At the end of last month he set sail in his 40ft stainless yacht Barrabas from Mehamn in northern Norway.
He now has his sights firmly set on the finishing line at Hamble's Royal Southern Yacht Club.
In his latest dispatch he says: "I am now less than 1,000 miles from home. It seems like eternity.
"I sleep as much as possible and try not to let my excitement get the better of me."
5:40am Wednesday 14th May 2008
Print 
Email this 
Comment
What are these links for?
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
More on Digg
More on del.icio.us
More on Furl
More on reddit
More on NowPublic/
More on Yahoo!
