Around Alone update. (Adventure).
On September 15, 2002, sailor Tim Kent Tim Kent may refer to: - The vocalist for Los Capitanes
- The contemporary representational painter, who was the original bass player for the hard rock band The Giraffes.
left New York Harbor New York Harbor, a geographic term, refers collectively to the rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City. This is sometimes construed in the sense "the Ports of New York and New Jersey". aboard his one-person sailboat, Everest Horizontal. He and 13 other sailors are competing in Around Alone, an eight-month, 28,800-mile race around the world (see Sept. 20, 2002, and Dec. 13, 2002, issues of JS).
Tim is now on the final leg of the race--from Salvador, Brazil, to Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. It is the home of Naval Station Newport, housing the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center. . Here is an entry from his log, written as he approached Salvador last month.
"As we close on Salvador and the end of this, the longest leg of the race, I cannot help but reflect on what has gotten me this far--the students who are watching us every day, learning about the world, and learning that there are no limits on dreams On Dreams (or "De Insomniis") is a text by Aristotle. External links
- On Dreams, translated by J. I. Beare
. Maybe some of them will be the next circumnavigators [people who sail around the world]--or scientists, astronauts, great parents, or mountain climbers. Or people who can dream of a world without war--and make THAT happen."
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