Sea, Sail & Surf newsHong Kong - New York
Trimaran Great American II has left HK for a new record
lundi 17 mars 2003 –
Carrying two sailing adventurers and a
symbolic cargo of tea, the trimaran Great American II departed Hong Kong
Harbor today in a bid to set a new sailing record to New York City.
Rich Wilson, 52, from Rockport, Mass., and Rich du Moulin, 56, from
Larchmont, NY, are undertaking the non-stop 15,000 mile voyage in an
attempt to break a 154-year old passage record but also to break new
ground in adventure-based education for K5-12 schoolchildren.
The 53-foot trimaran, home-ported in Rockport, is chasing the time of 74
days and 14 hours, set in 1849 by the legendary clipper ship Sea Witch
as she raced home to New England with a cargo of tea from the orient.
If Great American II can beat the clipper ship’s pace, Wilson and du
Moulin will finish at the Statue of Liberty sometime during the week of
May 26. The voyage of Great American II will be followed online by
school children from throughout the United States, and students will be
able to see how math, sciences such as meteorology and oceanography, and
even the lessons of history apply in real-time adventure.
Before their departure, the Director of Hong Kong’s Marine Department,
Mr. Shung-yiu Tsui made a formal presentation of a carton of tea that
the two adventurers will carry to New York.
Great American II crossed a starting line set off the host Royal Hong
Kong Yacht Club at noon local time. The starting gun was fired by Robert
Bird, general manager of the Yacht Club.
Tacking in bright sunshine and a ten-knot southerly, the trimaran
threaded her way through the typical press of harbor traffic, including
the green and white Star ferries and a variety of fishing boats.
According to Wilson, the first leg of the passage to New York from Hong
Kong through the South China Sea will be an intensive trial. Sailing
alternate watches they will weave a course through a labyrinth of
islands, reefs, and shoals, and a region heavy with shipping traffic and
piracy. They will travel some 2,000 miles before passing through the
Sunda Strait and entering the Indian Ocean. From there, Great American
II will sail for the southern tip of Africa, round the Cape of Good
Hope, and then turn north into the Atlantic Ocean for the passage across
the equator to New York.
Information Keith Taylor / http://www.sitesalive.com/oceanchal....
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