How do Robin Lee Grahams and Tanai Aebis achievements relate to what you are attempting?
Both Robin and Tanai took on crew at some stage during their circumnavigations. I am going all the way on my own. Lee Graham left when he was 16 and got back when he was 21. As long as I return before my 21st birthday on 17 December, 1996 I will qualify as the youngest sailor to solo circumnavigate. He left when he was younger, but it’s the return date which is the determining factor. Lee Graham’s intention was never to claim a record; in fact going to sea for him was a means of running away from home. Tanai Aebi on the other hand was given an ultimatum by her father — go to college or sail around the world. My motivation has always been to do it strictly for the record. It’s hard to believe, given your passion for the sea, that you are strictly on a mercenary mission. The record does not mean all that much to me; it’s secondary to my real motivation which is being out here on the sea. But given my age I also had to go for the record. It is the means to an end. The project would not h
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